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 DESCENDANTS

Evander Edward Philip Bethea 8 
b. 12-26-1868, Dillon County, SC; 
d. 02-07-1926, Stillmore, Emanuel County, GA. 
m. Mary Murry

 Evander Edward Philip Bethea 8 
 Son of John Colin and Drucilla Jackson 7  b. 12-26-1868, Dillon County, SC; d. 02-07-1926, Stillmore,  Emanuel County, GA. He married  Mary Murry  (b.12-19-1879, Emanuel County, GA; d. 03-04-1935, in Orlando, Orange County, FL) on 06-22-190.1 She was the daughter of Henry Murry and Victoria Lively. Their children are as follows:


1) Homer Carson Bethea9, b. 09-15-1903, Stillmore, Emanuel County, GA; d. 06-26-1925
2) Ruby Mae Bethea9, b. 02-15-1905, Nunez, Emanuel County, GA; d. 08-15-1978, Orlando, Orange County, FL; m. Robert Nicholas Davis 04-24-1921
3) Jewell Christian Bethea9, 02-24-1907, Nunez, Emanuel County, GA; m. Leon Rouse 03-27-1928
4) Harry Lee Bethea9, b. 05-23-1909, Nunez, Emanuel County, GA; d. 12-04-1920
5) Myrtice Evelyn Bethea9, b.06-29-1911, Nunez, Emanuel County, GA; d. Orlando, Orange County FL; m. Allen Raymond Taylor 04-21-1941

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  William Bethea3  -> "DEVIL" John Bethea4 ->
William Bethea5   ->Jesse Bethea6  ->  John Colin Bethea7  ->  Evander Edward Philip Bethea 8

 

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 "DEVIL" John Bethea  b.1752 American Revolutionary Patriot

 
5th William Bethea  b. 5-23-1775 

 
6th  Jesse Bethea  b. 05-22-1807 d. 01-04-1876 m. Christian Bethune
7th John Colin Bethea b. 05-31-1831, Marion District, SC; 
d. 09-15-1902, near Bingham, SC.
m. Drucilla Jackson near Bingham, SC

 
8th Evander Edward Philip Bethea 8 b. 12-26-1868, Dillon County, SC; 
d. 02-07-1926, Stillmore, Emanuel County, GA. 
m. Mary Murry
 

 

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

 

 

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