Bethea Family Genealogy- 8th 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

8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

Edith Williams Copella(8)
(1906-1977)
married Charles T. Copella

Edith Williams Copella(8) (1906-1977). Daughter of Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams and Josiah Williams. She married Charles T. Copella (1903-1979)

1) Helen Copella(9) (1931-1958) never married and had no children
2) Nancy Copella Maisch(9) (1933- ) married Donald Maisch and adopted a boy David, and a daughter, Donna. Now living in Boston, MA
3) Patricia Ann Copella Boulden(9) (1934- ) married William Boulden in 1956. Living in Pendleton, NY
4) Charles Copella Murry(9) (1936-1980) (1936-1980) married Joan Murphy

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Buck Swamp" John Bethea³->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea⁴ -> Elisha Bethea^{5
->}Philip W. Bethea^6 ->Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams⁷->
Edith Williams Copella⁸

*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*	*Philip Walter Bethea b. 11-5-1828 d. 5-23-1915 m. Anna Margaret Smith*
*7th*	Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams married Josiah Williams in the 1890s
*8th*	Edith Williams Copella ,(1906-1977),married Charles T. Copella