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 MISSOURI BETHEA(8)

born August 2, 1884, died August 20, 1896,

FLORENCE MISSOURI BETHEA(8) , born August 2, 1884, died August 20, 1896, Lived only to be 12 years of age. Died of Yellow Fever.

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> William Bethea5 -> Tristram Bethea 6 -> Dixon Pierce Bethea->FLORENCE MISSOURI 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 Bethea, John  "Devil John" (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan (4th)  

 
5th Bethea, William  (b. 7-23-1775) m. Olivia Pearce , Sarah Hargrove  (5th)

6th Bethea, Tristram (b. Dec. 3 , 1802) m. Nancy McLaurin, Sarah Todd (6th)

7th

Dixon Pierce Bethea.b. 1843 He married Nancy Elizabeth (Plair) 

 

8th SARAH ELIZABETH BETHEA WOLFE , born July 31, 1872. Died Sept. 21, 1945. Married to George William Wolfe

 

 


 

THE WESTWARD MOVE

Map of Tristram Bethea6's branch movement west starting in Marion Coutry, SC. By  the time of the US Census of 1850, they were living in Meriwether County, GA. Tristram's sons Tristram Pinkney7 and Dixon Pierce Bethea7 continued west to Arkansas. 

 

 

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

 

 

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