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

Jesse Council Bethea6  
#6660221
 m- Elizabeth Henry (she is rumored to
be related to Patrick Henry) 6 children.

 

 

Jesse Council Bethea6  Son of Jesse Bethea5. As with his father, not much known about this Jesse, born in S.C. believed to have removed to Wilcox Co. Al with his father., Possibly buried in unmarked grave in Reaves Chapel Cemetery, Wilcox , Al. Married Cynthia Henry (she is rumored to be related to Patrick Henry) 6 children.

1) John "Jack" Bethea7 #66602211 b. 1821 m. Martha Jane Peavy (b. 1829 d. 1921) 
2) Jess 

3) John Bethea7
4) Ausborn Watkins Bethea7  born: 07-17-1830 in Monroe Co., Alabama died 1894 buried in Buena Vista Cemetary Possibly list listed as Watt Bethea in Ancestral Key to the Pee Dee
Married Margaret Nettles
5) Mary Bethea7
6) Buta Bethea7

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3  ->
 Goodman Bethea4 -> Jesse Bethea5 -> Jesse Council Bethea6 

 

1st John "English John" Bethea #66 666 b. about 1684

 
2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea #6 666  b. about 1704 d. 1779

 
3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea #6 66601= #666. b. 1726,  d. about  1784

 
4th Goodman Bethea  #66602 b- oct 1759 S.C. m- Mary Council - 2 children
poss more. He served as a Lieutenant in Revolutionary War, he's also on
the 1790 census. Brother to "Devil" John Bethea


5th  Jesse Bethea #666022 not much known about this Jesse, born in S.C.
believed to have removed to Wilcox Co. Al with his son Jesse Council,
possibly buried in unmarked grave in Reaves Chapel Cemetery, Wilcox , Al.


6th   Jesse Council Bethea  #6660221 m-Elizabeth Henry (she is rumored to be related to Patrick Henry) 6 children.

 
 

 

 

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

 

 

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