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

Ivor Walter Bethea 
b: 1-15-1879 d:1-3-1929 McComb, Miss
m 1:
m 2: Mary Caroline Carpenter b:3-19-1890 Langipahoa, La
d:1-10-1929 McComb, Miss

 

Ivor Walter Bethea Son of Richard Bethea and Alice Porter b: 1-15-1879 d:1-3-1929
 McComb, Miss m 1:? m 2: Mary Caroline Carpenter (b:3-19-1890 Langipahoa, La
d:1-10-1929 McComb, Miss)


1)
Christine Bethea (Reed) b:12-21-1916 Kentwood, La
d:12-24-1989 Muskegon, Mich
m: 9-1-1934 Muskegon, Mi.
Milford Day Reed b:9-15-1911 Fairfield, Ia d:5-4-1987
Muskegon, Mi

2) Evelyn Lucille Bethea (Bedgood) b:4-12-1909 Kentwood, La d: ?
m: 4-10-1928 Magnolia, Ms Robert Francis Bedgood b: 4-16-1909 Jackson, ms d:?

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buck Swamp" John Bethea->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea4 -> Elisha Bethea5 -> Robert Bethea-> Richard Bethea7 -> 
Ivor Walter Bethea 8

 

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

Robert Bethea  b. 12,1831 d. 12-05-1913 Summit, Miss. m. Mary Legette 1852 

7th Richard Bethea b: 4-21-1853 d: 11-5-1930 McComb, Miss
m: in McComb, Miss Alice Porter (b:7-1-1851 d:8-17-1912 McComb, Miss)

8th Ivor Walter Bethea  b: 1-15-1879 d:1-3-1929
 McComb, Miss m 1:? m 2: Mary Caroline Carpenter (b:3-19-1890 Langipahoa, La
d:1-10-1929 McComb, Miss)


 

 

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

 

 

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