Mary Frederica (Lightbourn) Bethel (1812 - 1880)

Born 25 Dec 1812 in Nassau, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of Winer Bethel — married 27 Oct 1835 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1880 at age 67 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Mary (Lightbourn) Bethel is part of a Bahamian family.

Mary (Lightbourn) Bethel is buried in Key West Cemetery.

Biography

Mary Frederica Lightbourn was born 25 December 1812 in the Bahamas to Joseph Lightbourn and Elizabeth "Eliza" Sayers Lightbourn.

She married Winer Bethel, son of Winer Bethel and Mary Roberts Bethel, 27 October 1835 at Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas. The Bahama Argus noted: "Married, last evening, by Wm. Hield, Esq., J.P., Mr. Winer Bethel, Jr., to Mary Frederica Lightbourn, daughter of Joseph G. Lightbourn, Esq., late of Turks Island, deceased."

Winer and Mary had at least six children in Nassau - Euphemia Eliza Mary, Olivia Jane, Livingston Wellesley, Ida Euphemia, Frederica Sayers, and Malvina Ann Bethel. Not all of the children survived their infancies.

The Bethels emigrated to Key West, Florida, about 1847 and they were enumerated in the 1850 US Federal Census. Winer noted that he was a teacher. By the 1860 enumeration, he had become a naturalized US citizen (1852), an attorney in Monroe County, and, in 1858, was appointed Judge of Probate. He would later become the Mayor of Key West and a circuit judge.

Mary Frederica Lightbourn Bethel passed away 16 October 1880 in Key West, Florida. She was buried in the City Cemetery next to her husband in the Bethel family plot.

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #59521257

Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas Marriage Register, 1829-1840, Bethel-Lightbourn, #50.

Dolly Mae Genealogy Records, online database, Wyannie Malone Historical Museum, Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas for Christ Church Parish Records. www.hopetownmuseum.com

"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-JG1 : accessed 11 November 2015), Winer Bethel, The City Of Kez West, Monroe, Florida, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 46, household ID 369, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,108.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZN-2N7 : accessed 11 November 2015), Winer Bethel, Florida, United States; citing p. 28, family 177, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,631.

Dolly Mae Genealogy Records, online database, Wyannie Malone Historical Museum, Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas for Christ Church Parish Records. www.hopetownmuseum.com "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-JG1 : accessed 11 November 2015), Winer Bethel, The City Of Kez West, Monroe, Florida, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 46, household ID 369, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,108. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZN-2N7 : accessed 11 November 2015), Winer Bethel, Florida, United States; citing p. 28, family 177, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,631.

Photographed by Robert Bethel 11/11/2015 in Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida. Used with his permission by Carolyn Martin, and information transcribed by her.