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 in North American

James MacSherry Wells , Jr.9

b. 04-03-49

 James MacSherry Wells , Jr.9 Son of Ida Bethea Willis Wells and James M Wells.  Born. 04-03-49, Jr of Beaufort NC (9th) (wife Sharon) Children :

1) Catherine McLeod Wells b. 08-12-80 (10th)

2) James MacSherry Wells b. 04-26-84 (10th)

John "English John" Bethea1 -> "Virginia John" Bethea2 "Buckswamp" John Bethea3-> Philip Bethea4
Col. James Robert Bethea5 -> David McLeod Bethea6 -> Ida Alma Willis7->  
Ida Bethea Willis Wells
8 
-> James McSherry Wells9

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779

3rd "Buckswamp" John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt. 1756

4th Philip Bethea b. April 25,1781 d. Nov. 22, 1875 m. Rachel Cochrane

5th Col. James Robert Bethea b. Aug. 23, 1809 d. Sep. 24, 1878
 m. Mary Catherine McLeon 

6th Bethea, David McLeod b 4-2-1853, Dillon, SC; Married 1878; d. 5-30-1920 in Albuquerque, NM. Buried Latta SC 
7th Ida Alma Bethea Willis b. 01-9-1891 in Dillon SC; (Married Robert Allen Willis of Greenwood FL); d. 6-20-1976 Marianna FL 
8th Ida Bethea Willis Wells Patterson b 9-05-22 M: James M Wells (d)

9th

James MacSherry Wells , Jr.b. 04-03-49

 

 

 

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

 

 

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