THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA - 8th GENERATION DESCENDANT

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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

JOSEPH EDGAR BETHEA
Born Sept. 8, 1887,
Died May 21, 1944
Married to Sarah Ruth Berry

JOSEPH EDGAR BETHEA, born Sept. 8, 1887, died May 21, 1944 Son of DIXON PIERCE BETHEA and Nancy Elizabeth (Plair) Married to Sarah Ruth (Berry) Bethea,(b. Jan 12, 1898 d. March 31, 1936) They had five children:

Clara Cleo Bethea,
Earl Walter Bethea
Vergie Marie Bethea,
William Odell Bethea
Louis Edwin Bethea.

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->"Devil John" Bethea ⁴-> William Bethea⁵-> Tristram Bethea ⁶-> Dixon Pierce Bethea⁷->JOSEPH EDGAR BETHEA⁸

*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	JOSEPH EDGAR BETHEA, born Sept. 8, 1887, died May 21, 1944 Married to Sarah Ruth (Berry) Bethea,(b. Jan 12, 1898 d. March 31, 1936)

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.

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