Bethea Family Genealogy- 7th 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

7th Generation in North American

James Elisha Bethea
b. 7-19-1872
d. 02-07-1943
m. Clarmon Elam

James Elisha Bethea b. 7-19-1872 d. 02-07-1943 Son of Rev. Robert C. Bethea and Mary Legette. Married Clarmon Elam.

1) James Elam Bethea (8), b. 6-26-1907 d. 12-12-98 m. Bartan Mabel Whatley 10-29-1933
2) Jack William Bethea (8), b. 4-4-1909 d. 01-30-1984 m. Estes Mae Posey 06-11-1938
3) Robert Frances Bethea (8), b. 9-2-1916 d. Juanita Carr 09-08-1948
4) Alfred Merrick Bethea (8), b. 3-24-1920 d. 09-11-1997 m. Geraldine Thost 06-06-1940 m2.Frances Turner
5) Mary Emily Bethea (8) b. 12-28-1910 d. 09-1988, m. G. D. Green 03-27-1941
6) Clarmon Anita Bethea (8) b. 07-14-1912 d. 09-27-1990 m. John Carl Abbott, Jr. 04-25-1938
7) Regina Bertie Bethea (8) b. 02-02-1918 d. 09-26-1994 m. George Merrill Schaeffer 10-23-1938 m2. William Lafayette Allen Jr. 1956

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Buck Swamp" John Bethea³->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea⁴ -> Elisha Bethea⁵ ->Rev. Robert Bethea⁶-> James Elisha Bethea⁷

*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**
*7th*	**James Elisha Bethea b. 7-19-1872 Married Clarmon Elam.**