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

Florence Bethea Willis Ziegler8
 b. 12-09-18 Greenwood FL
 m 1947 Greenwood FL 

Florence Bethea Willis Ziegler8  Daughter of Ida Alma (Bethea) Willis and Robert Allen Willis. Born. 12-09-18 Greenwood FL. Married 1947 Greenwood FL.

1) Elizabeth Bethea Ziegler b 7-31-48 New Orleans, Louisiana Elizabeth married Bruce Macgregor (9th)

 

John "English John" Bethea1 -> "Virginia John" Bethea2 "Buckswamp" John Bethea3-> Philip Bethea4
Col. James Robert Bethea5 -> David McLeod Bethea6 -> Ida Alma Willis7-> Florence Bethea Willis Ziegler8
 

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684
2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779
3rd "Buckswamp" John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt. 1756
4th Philip Bethea b. April 25,1781 d. Nov. 22, 1875 m. Rachel Cochrane
5th Col. James Robert Bethea b. Aug. 23, 1809 d. Sep. 24, 1878
 m. Mary Catherine McLeon 
6th Bethea, David McLeod b 4-2-1853, Dillon, SC; Married 1878; d. 5-30-1920 in Albuquerque, NM. Buried Latta SC (6th)
7th Bethea, Ida Alma Willis b. 01-9-1891 in Dillon SC; (Married Robert Allen Willis of Greenwood FL); d. 6-20-1976 Marianna FL (7th)
8th Florence Bethea Willis Ziegler  b. 12-09-18 Greenwood FL. Married 1947 Greenwood FL.

 

 

 

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

 

 

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