THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA - 9th GENERATION DESCENDANT Billy Bethea

Bethea Family

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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

7th Generation DESCENDANT

Billy Bethea ⁹

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->"Devil John" Bethea ⁴-> William Bethea⁵-> Tristram Bethea ⁶-> Dixon Pierce Bethea⁷-> Albert Henry Bethea^{8 ->}
Billy Bethea⁹

*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	ALBERT HENRY BETHEA, b. June 9, 1891, d. 1943. Married to Ruby Lee (George) Bethea b. 1900 d. Sept. 9, 1965.
9th	Billy Bethea

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.