Bethea Family Genealogy- 6th Generation

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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

Rev. Robert C. Bethea
b. 12,1831 d. 12-05-1913 Summit, Miss
m. Mary Legette 1852

Rev. Robert C. Bethea Son of Elisha Cochrane Bethea and Martha Ann Walter b. 12,1831 d. 12-05-1913 Summit, Miss. m. Mary Elisabeth Legette 1852

1) Richard Wilkinson Bethea (7), b: 4-21-1853 d: 11-5-1930 McComb, Miss
m: in McComb, Miss Alice Porter (b:7-1-1851 d:8-17-1912 McComb, Miss, m2. Eliza Linder
2) Perley B. Bethea (7), b. 10-2-1855. d. 11-12-1861
3) Dr. John Walter Bethea (7), b. 4-20-1858, d. 6-18-1904 Magnolia, MS
4) Lauretta A. Bethea (7), b. 9-30-1862 d. 1-1-1863
5) Ella Bethea (7), b. 11-4-1864 d. 1945 m. Samuel C. Sample 9-19-1900
6) Martha May Bethea (7), , b. 8-20-1869 d. 2-2-1955 m. Wliiam Trawick Griffin 12-04-1944
7) James E. Bethea (7), b. 7-19-1872 d. 02-07-1943
8) Robert Merrick Bethea (7), b.11-12-1876, d. 6-8-1905

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Buck Swamp" John Bethea³->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea⁴ -> Elisha Bethea^{5
->}Robert Bethea⁶

*1st*	*John "English John" Bethea b. about 1684 died sometime after 1750. Married the Widow lady Upton*
2nd	*John "Virginia John" Bethea b. about 1704 d. 1779 married Sarah Darby Bishop*
*3rd*	*"Buck Swamp" John Bethea b. abt. 1740 d. 7-12-1821 m. Absala Parker*
*4th*	*Philip Bethea b. April 25,1781 d. Nov. 22, 1875 m. Rachel Cochrane settled Cat Fish Place (near Latta), SC*
*5th*	*Elisha Cochrane Bethea K2265 b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter*
*6th*	**Robert Bethea b. 12,1831 d. 12-05-1913 Summit, Miss. m. Mary Legette 1852**