John
"Virginia John"
Bethea
Born in Chowan, North Carolina
Son of John Bethea
and Emily (Upton) Bethea
Brother of
Tristram Bethea [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Darby) Bishop
— married
1722 in Chowan, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
John Bethea, William Bethea, Deborah Lydia (Bethea) Lowry, Mary (Bethea) Stackhouse, John C Bethea and Anna (Bethea) Rogers
Died
at about age 74
in Gates, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2013
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Biography
- Name: John Bethea
- Birth Date: 1705
- Birth Place: Chowan, North Carolina
- Death Date: 1779
- Death Place: Gates, North Carolina
- SAR Membership: 90010[1]
- Role: Ancestor
- Application Date: 18 Apr 1963
- Father: John Bethea
- Children: William B
John was born in 1705, died 1779. [2] He was the son of John Bethea. Memorial for "English" John Bethea (not burial)
There were two sons of English John Bethea and they moved to North Carolina and South Carolina, and the two branches of the Betheas are called the South Carolina Betheas from Buckswamp and Sweatswamp Plantations, where the children of Virginia John moved and settled. The other branch is the Cape Fear River, (North Carolina) Betheas, who have descended from Tristram Bethea after he received the 150 acre plantation from "English" John Bethea. For general information about life in the colonies and seafarer's adventures in crossing the Atlantic Ocean in storms and under peril of pirate yachts, etc. read the chapter of an auto- biographical book by George Fox, written in the late 1600s. This was the same period of time when English John Bethea crossed the Atlantic to North America.
His oldest son, "Virginia John" Bethea. (b. 1705) married Sarah Darby and was the father of four children. Two sons and at least 2 daughters, who married into the Rogers family and moved to Dillon County South Carolina.[3]
When John "Virginia" Bethea was born in 1700 in Nansemond, Virginia, his father, John, was 16 and his mother, Lady, was 37. He married Sarah Darby Bishop in 1722 in Chowan, North Carolina. They had four children in 29 years. He died in 1779 in Gates, North Carolina, having lived a long life of 79 years.
Sources
- ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. amb 2017 June 06
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5668862
- ↑ English John Broken link
- Sellers, W. W. 1818-1902. The Bethea Family of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901. archive.org.stream Added 09 June 2017, amb
- English John; Copyright 2010 by T. P. Bethea, Jr., Monroe, Louisiana. This is an electronic book publication - all rights reserved. Broken link on June 06 2017.
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975, Child Mary Bethea
- North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership 98633 & 90010
- Kinfolks A Geneological and Biographical record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes Fulmore, Benjamin and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, Benjamin and Mary Curry, Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp, John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling Clac
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Charles Keys
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.78%
Wayne Baggett :
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~0.78%
Dub Darville :
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~0.39%
Patsy (Cherry) Satterwhite :
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~0.39%
David Keys :
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~0.39%
Ann (Speed) Pace :
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~0.39%
Liz Edens :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jarvisln
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~0.39%
Kristy Keyes :
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~0.39%
Edward Van Dalsem :
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Robert Hunt :
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~0.39%
Kerry Moore :
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~0.39%
Charles Buckner :
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Thomas Simmons :
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~0.39%
Janice Mitchum :
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~0.39%
A Fabry :
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Jessica (Collett) Hilliard
Jessica (Collett) Hilliard
Bethea-116 and Bethea-41 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate. Original did not autopopulate because Virginia was used as the first name - I thought that was his nickname.
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