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

Tristram Walker Bethea
b. 3-25-1872
d. 8-30-1926
m. Martha Susan McRae

Tristram Walker Bethea.  Son of Dr. John Franklin Bethea and Hannah Jane Bethea   b. 3-25-1872 d. 8-30-1926 m. Martha Susan McRae

1) Flora Jana Bethea Mims (9)

2) James McRae Bethea (9) b. 10-9-1902 d. 8-12-1972

3) Fannie Sue Bethea (9) b. 4-22-1904 d. 1958

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> John Bethea5 -> William Walker Bethea6 -> John Franklin Bethea7 ->
 Tristram Walker Bethea Jr.8

 

1st English John Bethea b. 1684

 

2nd John Bethea (Virginia John) 

 

3rd William Bethea (Sweatswamp) b. 1725

 

4th Devil John Bethea b. 1752 d. 1812 m. Mary Hennegan b. 1756

 

5th John Bethea b. 10-20-1787 m. Hannah Walker

 

6th

William Walker Bethea b. 12-25-1813 

William Walker Bethea b. 12-25-1813 

 

7th

 

                       

John Franklin Bethea (Dr. Frank) b. 7-2-1837  m. Hannah Jane Bethea
 

8th

Tristram Walker Bethea  b. 3-25-1872 d. 8-30-1926 m. Martha Susan McRae

 

 

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

 

 

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