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

9th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

 

Dolly Ruth Bethea Rivers9

married Earl H. Rivers


Dolly Ruth Bethea Rivers9Daughter of William Calvin Bethea and Annie Parker
Married Earl H. Rivers.

Earlene Rivers Jones 10
Bob Rivers 10


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 Vice

8th  Bethea, William Calvin b. Aug. 16, 1879 at Pine Bluff, AR

1905 photo when Bill was 26 years old.

Married Annie Parker on Nov 26, 1905 and they had nine children.

Doyle Bethea9 , Powell Bethea9, Juanita Bethea Huff9, Allen Bethea9, Christine Bethea Condray9, Lois Bethea Lucas9, W. C. (Buddy) Bethea9, Dolly Ruth Bethea Rivers9, and  Fred Harrison (F.H) Bethea9
 

9th

RIVERS, Dolly Ruth (Bethea) m. Rivers now in Greenville, S.C. 

    

 

 

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

 

 

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