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 |
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9th Generation DESCENDANT Melton Floyd Bethea |
Melton Floyd Bethea and Leomie Louise Bethea and son Melton
Lee
Bethea taken about 1937
Melton Floyd Bethea
#6660221132 Son of Ausbon
Watt Bethea b. 1898 d. 1967 1) Melton Lee Bethea10 (1935-1990), 2) Patricia
Mae Bethea (Neal)10 (1939-1992) 4) Betty Ann Bethea (Henderson)10 (1946- ) 5)
Marvin Franklin Bethea10 (1948- )
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"English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3 -> |
1st | John "English John" Bethea
#66 666 b. about 1684
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2nd | John
"Virginia John" Bethea #6 666 b. about 1704 d.
1779
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3rd | William
"Sweat Swamp" Bethea #6 66601= #666. b. 1726, d. about
1784
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4th | Goodman
Bethea #66602 b- oct 1759 S.C. m- Mary Council - 2 children poss more. He served as a Lieutenant in Revolutionary War, he's also on the 1790 census. Brother to Devil John |
5th | Jesse
Bethea #666022 not much known about this Jesse, born in S.C. believed to have removed to Wilcox Co. Al with his son Jesse Council, possibly buried in unmarked grave in Reaves Chapel Cemetery, Wilcox , Al. |
6th | Jesse
Council Bethea #6660221 m- Cynthia Henry (she is rumored to be related to Patrick Henry) 6 children. |
7th | John
"Jack" Bethea7 #66602211 b. 1821 m. Martha Jane Peavy (b. 1829
d. 1921) |
8th
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Ausbon Watt
Bethea8 #666022113 b. 11-5-1860 d. 1926 m. 1st Lula Gates
(b. 1872 d. 1950) 2nd Mollie Ray
Lula Gates Bethea, mother of Melton Floyd Bethea taken about 1930 |
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