Bethea Family

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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

8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

 CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN(8)
b 10-19-1893, d 2-26-1924 married Mary Claudine Webster

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  William Bethea-> "Devil" John Bethea4 ->
Cade Bethea5 -> John Washington Bethea6 ->
Mary Ellen Bethea Medlin7 -> Carlton Bethea Medlin8

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CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN(8)  b 10-19-1893, d 2-26-1924 Son of Mary Ellen Bethea Medlin and FRANCIS (FRANK) MARION MEDLIN. Married Mary Claudine Webster, b 9-28-1892, d 7-24-1968

1) RALPH THOMAS MEDLIN(9) b 9-23-1913, d 11-21-2000

2) MARY CAROLINE MEDLIN GRAY(9) b 12-11-1917, d 3-13-2000 (Mary Caroline Medlin  married Fred Little Gray, (son of William Alphonso Gray and Jessie Virginia Garland) b 4-13-1913, d 5-9-1994

3) VERA PEARL MEDLIN(9) b 1-3-1915, d 11-28-1976  

4) JOSEPH FRANKLIN MEDLIN(9) b 10-21-1919, d 2001 Joseph married Catherine Sitton.  

5) CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN JR(9) b 5-6-1921, d 2-15-1986 Carlton married Jean, they had one child, CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN III  

6) EDNA MEDLIN (WESTCOAT) (BALDI) BERTINO (9) b 1-5-1924 Edna first married Howard Westcoat, their children are: JAKE WESTCOAT and SHARLENE WESTCOAT KOBER. Edna second married Charles Baldi, they had no children. Edna last married Santo Jacob Bertino. They had no children

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  

 

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea

 

3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea .

 

4th "Devil" John Bethea  b.1752
American Revolutionary Patriot

5th Cade Bethea b. 1792 SC d. 9/12/1867

6th John Washington Bethea b. 1821 SC d. 4/6/1874 SC

7th MARY ELLEN BETHEA MEDLIN b 4-2-1862, d 2-4-1936 married FRANCIS (FRANK) MARION MEDLIN
8th  CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN b 10-19-1893, d 2-26-1924 married Mary Claudine Webster

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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