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

 Dr. Willard V Bethea9

 

Dr. Willard Bethea9 Born 11-19-1916 Died 08- 29-1992 Son of Albert Samuel Bethea and Armanda Elizabeth Ellis(8)

1) Robert Eugene Bethea(10) born Jan. 16 ,1944 married Frances Adair

 

 

"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 -> Dr. Willard Bethea9

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 Dr. Willard Bethea9 Born 11-19-1916 Died 08- 29-1992
Son: Robert Eugene Bethea10 with parents Marceline Cook Bethea and Willard Vice Bethea Willard Bethea with his 1944-45 Banks (Bradley County) Basketball Team
 

 

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

 

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