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


7th Generation DESCENDANT
 

 Blanche Bethea (Hopkins)9

d. 1985. 

 

 



 

Blanche Bethea9 daughter of Charles Henry Bethea8  married Monroe Hopkins) d. 1985. Mother of
 

1) June Hopkins,
2) Guy Hopkins,
3) Howard Hopkins,
4) Billy Dean Hopkins
5) Helen Hopkins

 

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> William Bethea5 -> Tristram Bethea 6 -> Tristram Pinkney Bethea7 -> Charles 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 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

 

Charles Henry Bethea8 b. Sept. 30, 1867 d. April 13, 1897 at age 30. Charles Bethea was married to Georgia A. Robinson. Their children were: Carl Bethea9, Fred Henry Bethea9, William Jenning Bryan Bethea9, Blanche Bethea9

 

Blanche Bethea9   married Monroe Hopkins) d. 1985

10th June Hopkins10
Guy Hopkins10
Howard Hopkins10
Billy Dean Hopkins10
Helen Hopkins10

 

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

 

 

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