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


Robert Theodore (Theo) Williams, Sr., 
b. 3- 8-1951.
m. Lisa Brink 

Robert Theodore (Theo) Williams, Sr.9 Son of Joseph Wear Williams and Alice McMillan Monroe. b. 3- 8-1951. Married Lisa Brink 2 children. 

1) Anna Maria Williams

2) Robert Theodore Williams Jr.

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buck Swamp" John Bethea->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea4 -> Elisha Bethea5 -> Philip W. Bethea6 -> Mary Lillian (Bethea) Williams7 -> 
Joseph Wear Williams8 -> Robert Theodore (Theo) Williams, Sr9

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684 died sometime after 1750. Married the Widow lady Upton

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779 married Sarah Darby Bishop

3rd 

"Buck Swamp" John Bethea b. abt. 1740 d. 7-12-1821 m. Absala Parker

4th Philip Bethea b. April 25,1781 d. Nov. 22, 1875 m. Rachel Cochrane settled Cat Fish Place (near Latta), SC 

5th  Elisha Cochrane Bethea K2265 b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter

6th

Philip Walter Bethea b. 11-5-1828 d. 5-23-1915 m. Anna Margaret Smith

7th

Mary Lillian Bethea b. July 12, 1878 at Mallory, South Carolina and died January
13,1975. She married George Robert Williams on December 3, 1896. They had seven children

8th

Joseph Wear Williams b. June 25, 1908 and d. September 22, 1951.
 m. Alice McMillan Monroe 

9th

Robert Theodore (Theo) Williams, Sr.  b. March 8, 1951

 

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

 

 

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