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

 8th Generation in North American
Charles Henry (William) Bethea8
 b. 3-29-1872 
d. 4-11-1943 

Charles Henry (William) Bethea (7) b. 3-29-1872 d. 4-11-1943 Son of Joseph Allston Bethea and Elizabeth Grice Married Mary Elizabeth Earle (b. 11/30/1866 d. 9/22/1937)

1) Mabel Earle Bethea b. 7/6/1902 d. 4/7/1980
2) Hortense Bethea(8) b. 12/5/1903 d. ? 6/2/1973 m. Thomas Samuel Agerton
3) Basil Lovelace Bethea b. 2/2/1905
4) Laura Mae Bethea b. 6/30/1905 d. 01/1981
5) Estelle Bethea b.3/26/1908 - d. 04/1980
6) Charles Henry Bethea Jr. b. 3/9/1910 d. 7/14/1910

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweatswamp" William Bethea3 -> 
Jesse Bethea4 -> Rev. Goodman Bethea5  ->Joseph Allston Bethea6 -> Charles Henry (William) Bethea7
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
7th

Charles Henry (William) Bethea  b. 3-29-1872 d. 4-11-1943 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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