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

William Henry Bethea8
 b. 1-19-1887 
d. 12-1918 

William Henry Bethea (8) b. 1-19-1887 d. 12-1918 Son of Goodman Bethea and Viola Rabun

Hortense Bethea b. ? d. ? m. _______ Agerton

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweatswamp" William Bethea3 -> 
Jesse Bethea4 -> Rev. Goodman Bethea5  ->Joseph Allston Bethea6 -> 
Goodman Bethea7 -> William Henry 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 Jesse Bethea  b. 8-27-1763 m. Celia Harrelson 
5th Rev. Goodman Bethea b. 7-2-1793 d. 9-22-1863 m. Charlotte Grice
6th Joseph Allston Bethea b.  8-5-1820 d.  7-18-1875
m. (1) Nancy Jane Mandenhall (2) Elizabeth Grice
7th

Goodman Bethea b. 1-22-1851 d. 7-9-1927 m. Viola Rabun

 

8th William Henry Bethea  b. 1-19-1887 d. 12-1918 

 

 

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

 

 

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