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 GENERATION DESCENDANTS

 Rastus Bethea 9

Rastus Bethea 9 (born about (1917)Son of Monroe MARION Bethea and Lou Ella Johnson.

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3  ->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> William Bethea5 -> Tristram Bethea 6 -> Tristram Pinkney Bethea7 -> Monroe Marion Bethea8
Rastus 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

TRISTRAM PINKNEY BETHEA (b. 1836- d. 1917) m. Rebecca Vise

 
8th


Monroe Bethea Family (July 4, 1941)

Monroe MARION Bethea8 b. March 31, 1873   d. after 1941 m. Lou Ella Johnson 

 
9th

Rastus Bethea

 

 

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

 

 

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