Bethea Family

Genealogy Website

This is a history of the descendents of an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Virginia about 1700. The Bethea family expanded and grew over the last three hundred years.

The Bethea Family in North America

1700 - 2000

6th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

Elizabeth Bethea (Proctor) (Roper) 6
b.
d.
m. (1)William Proctor (2) James Roper

Elizabeth Bethea6, Daughter of  William Bethea and Sara Hargrove. Married  (1) William Proctor (2) James Fletcher Roper.  

Elizabeth's first husband died a few weeks before the birth of their only child, Sara Jane.
1) Sara Jane Proctor.

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  William Bethea-> "DEVIL" John Bethea4 ->
William Bethea5
   ->   Elizabeth Bethea6

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684

 

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea . born about 1704 d. 1779

 

3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea . b. 1726,  d. about  1784

 

4th "DEVIL" John Bethea  b.1752 American Revolutionary Patriot

5th William Bethea  b. 5-23-1775 

 

6th Elizabeth Bethea, b. d. m.  (1) William Proctor (2) James Fletcher Roper.  


 

 

Significant Places Research Publications A Bethea Story Bethea Family English John Bethea

 

 

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