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


RAYMOND OTIS COLSTON JR.9

b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger 7/20/1973

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buckswamp" John Bethea3 ->
 
James Bethea4 ->  John Robert Bethea5 -> Addie Wincie Bethea Watson6 ->
 Marion Bethea Watson Colston7 -> Rev. Raymond Otis Colston8 ->
Raymond Otis  Colston, Jr. 9

Raymond Otis Colston, Jr. (9), b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger 7/20/1973 at Central Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA, b. 7/1/1953 in Bland Co, VA

1) Crystal Deanne Colston (10), b. 8/16/1978 at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, VA

2) Ryan Thomas Colston (10), b. 3/14/1981 at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, VA

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 James Bethea born 6-25-1774 in Latta, SC, d. 5/8/1834 m. Margaret Cochrane b. 9/10/1782; d. 1/26/1848

5th John Robert Bethea, b. 1/5/1816 Marion Co, d. 8/20/1893; m.2/3/1842
to Harriet Belinda Bass, b.  9/30/1823, d.1/28/1885

6th Addie Wincie Bethea (6) was born 3/3/1861 and died 7/31/1934. She married Edwin Bird Watson 4/28/1887, son of James Watson and Elizabeth Jones. He was born 9/8/1857 and died 1/20/1929. They had eight children. are as follows:

7th Marian Bethea Watson,(7) was born 2/12/1894 and died 11/10/1972 at Lake Taylor Nursing Home in Norfolk, VA. She married Rev. Jesse Francis Colston 12/20/1917 in Latta, SC, son of Francis Colston and Linnie Jenkins. He was born 5/29/1889 and died 2/7/1955 at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Both are buried at Buckhorn Cemetery in Como, NC where he served as pastor. They had five children.

8th Rev. Raymond Otis Colston (8) was born 2/10/1931 in South Mills, NC. He married Mary Dolores Smith 12/25/1951 in Clifton Forge, VA, daughter of Thurman Smith and Lillian Javins. She was born 10/24/1932 in Clifton Forge, VA. Rev. R. Otis Colston graduated from Campbell College in 1949, Wake Forest College in 1952, and Southeastern Theological Seminary in 1965. They had three children.

9th Raymond Otis Colston, Jr. (9), b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger 7/20/1973 at Central Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA, b. 7/1/1953 in Bland Co, VA

 

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

 

 

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