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

Joseph Allston Bethea 6 
b.  8-5-1820
  d.  7-18-1875
m. (1) Nancy Jane Mandenhall (2) Elizabeth Grice

Joseph AllstonBethea(6)  born  8-5-1820 and  died  7-18-1875. Son of Rev. Goodman Bethea and Charlotte Grice. Married  (1) Nancy Jane Mandenhall (b. 10-25-1825 d. 11--1864) 

1) Goodman Bethea(7) , b. 1-22-1851 d. 7-9-1927 
2) John H. Bethea(7) , b. 7-29-1846 d. 11-8-1864 
3) Francis E. Bethea(7) , b. 5-25-1849 d. 9-15-1932 
4) Lawrence A. Bethea(7), b. 5-28-1853 
5) Tristram A. Bethea(7) , b. 2-4-1855 
6) Albert Bethea(7) , b. 5-25-1861 d. 1866 
7) Mary Ann Bethea(7) , b. 11-4-1847 
8) Henrietta Bethea(7), b. 1-26-1856 
9) Ada Bethea(7), b. 5-31-1861

(2) Elizabeth Grice 12-1865 (b.9-19-1838 d. 5-23-1914) 

10) Julia Bethea(7) b. 5/25/1867 d. 3/16/16/1912
11) Annie Bethea
(7) b. 11/17/1869 d. 8/25/1890
12) Charles Henry (William) Bethea(7), b. 3-29-1872 d. 4/11/1943
13) Zella J. Bethea
(7) b. 3/10/1875 d. 11/3/80
14) Evander J. Bethea(7), b. 3-10-1875 m. Minnie M. Giles

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweatswamp" William Bethea3 -> 
Jesse Bethea4
-> Rev. Goodman Bethea-> Joseph Allston 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 Jesse Bethea  b. 8-27-1763 m. Celia Harrelson 

5th Rev. Goodman Bethea b. 7-2-1793 d. 9-22-1863 m. Charlotte Grice

6th Joseph Allston Bethea b.  8-5-1820 d.  7-18-1875
m. (1) Nancy Jane Mandenhall (2) Elizabeth Grice

 

 

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

 

 

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