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 in North American


John (Jack) Washington Bethea 6

(b. Born in TN. d. 1-28-1885 Keokuk Co. IA buried at Bedwell Cemetery , Rose Hill , IA)

m. Margaret Jane Steward (b. 3-10-1829 d. 1-1-1908
 buried at Abels Cemetery  near Hedrick, IA) 

John Washington Bethea6 Son of Philip Bethea

William Wallace Bethea

Florence A. Bethea (Palmer)
b. 3-31-1852 d. m. Zachariah Palmer


"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->
 Goodman Bethea4 -> Philip Bethea5 -> John Washington Bethea6  

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

 

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

 

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

 

4th Goodman Bethea   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  Philip Bethea

6th   John Washington Bethea (b. Born in TN. d. 1-28-1885 Keokuk Co. IA buried at Bedwell Cemetery , Rose Hill , IA) m. Margaret Jane Steward (b. 3-10-1829 d. 1-1-1908
 buried at Abels Cemetery  near Hedrick, IA)  
   

 


 

 

 

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

 

 

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