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

Rebecca Bethea Simpson9 
married Trosy Simpson 

 Rebecca Bethea Simpson Daughter of Albert Samuel Bethea and Armanda Elizabeth Ellis(8) married Trosy Simpson 

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3  -> "Devil John" Bethea 4 -> William Bethea5 -> Tristram Bethea 6 -> Tristram Pinkney Bethea7 ->
Albert Samuel Bethea8 ->
Rebecca Bethea Simpson9 

LIZZIE, T.P., IRENE, WILSON, OLGA, WILLARD, GORDIE, and IVY

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

 

ALBERT SAMUEL BETHEA8 (b. August 28, 1884 - d. Sept. 9, 1951) Married to Armanda Elizabeth Ellis and they had several children including Willard Bethea9, Gordie Lee Bethea 9 , Ivy Bethea9, Rebecca Bethea9, T.P. Bethea9, Wilson Bethea9, Monroe Bethea9 
, and Olga Bethea Ellis9







9th Rebecca Bethea Simpson9 married Trosy Simpson 

 

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

 

 

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