THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA

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

10th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

Clare Carlton Smith¹⁰

(b. 1943-2009)

1st	English John Bethea b. 1684 d. 1750, m. Lady Upton.
2nd	"Virginia John" Bethea (abt. 1705) m. Sarah Darby Bishop
3rd	William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea b. 1726 married Sarah Goodman. Died in 1784
4th	John "Devil John" Bethea (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan
5th	William Bethea (b. July 23, 1775) m. Olivia Pearce , Sarah Hargrove
6th	Tristram Bethea (b. Dec. 3 , 1802) m. Nancy McLaurin, Sarah Todd
7th	Tristram Pinkney Bethea (b. 1836). m. Rebecca Vice
8th	Jenny (Bethea) Smith & Earl Smith Parents of S. Carlton Smith (c. 1908) 1939 Photo at Bearden , Ark. residence Earle Smith and Jenny (Bethea) Smith with their granddaughter
9th	Smith, S. Carlton (b. 1904) m. Frances Haddox
10th	Clare Carlton Smith at Bearden, Arkansas about 1945 About 1951 at Memphis Airport with second Piper Tri-Pacer N3510A About 1953 S. Carlton Smith, Frances Smith, and Clare Carlton Smith on The Acropolis, Athens, Greece about 1964