THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA -Monroe Bethea Family (July 4, 1941)

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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

Monroe MARION Bethea⁸
b. March 31, 1873 d. after 1941 m. Lou Ella Johnson

Monroe Bethea Family (July 4, 1941)

Monroe MARION Bethea⁸ Son of Tristram Pinkney and Rebecca Vise Bethea⁷^, Born March 31, 1873 and married to Lou Ella Johnson at age of nineteen (1892). He died June 22, 1946. Childen were

William Troy Bethea (9) b. Nov. 4, 1893 d. Nov. 8, 1969
Lecil Pinkney Bethea (9) b. Nov. 8, 1895 d. July 23, 1899
Trudie Inez Bethea Cunningham (9) b. 1897 d. 1992
Frell Bethea (9) b. 1901 d. 1922
Lema (Tipper) Bethea (9) b. Jan. 1, 1906 d. June, 1995
Artie Maude Bethea (9) b. Dec. 18, 1907 d. Sept. 19, 1985
Rastus Herman Bethea(9) b. Apr. 7 , 1912 d. Feb. 22, 1993
Dewey Bethea (9)

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->"Devil John" Bethea ⁴-> William Bethea⁵-> Tristram Bethea ⁶-> Tristram Pinkney Bethea⁷->Monroe Marion 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	*TRISTRAM PINKNEY BETHEA (b. 1836- d. 1917) m. Rebecca Vise*
8th	*Monroe Bethea Family (July 4, 1941)* *Monroe MARION Bethea⁸ b. March 31, 1873 d. after 1941 m. Lou Ella Johnson*