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



Richard W. Whitmore


"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->
 Goodman Bethea4 -> Philip Bethea5 -> John Washington Bethea6 -> William Wallace Bethea7 -> Florence Elizabeth (Bethea) Whitmore8  ->  Richard W. Whitmore9

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 Goodman Bethea   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 Bethea.


5th  Philip Bethea

6th   John Washington Bethea

 

7th William Wallace Bethea

 

8th Florence Elizabeth (Bethea) Whitmore

 

9th Richard W. Whitmore

 

 

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

 

 

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