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Bethenia Gilliam Lavender 1803–1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 January 1803

Birth Location: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America

Death Date: 19 July 1867

Death Location: Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America

Father:

Mother: Mary Gilliam

Spouse(s): John Ray

Children(s): Lavender Ray, Susan Ray, John Ray, Georgia Ray, Hibernia Lowe

Bethenia Gilliam Lavender was born in 1803 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America, the child of John Lavender And Mary Gilliam. Bethenia Gilliam Lavender married John Ray, and had children including Georgia Ann Ray, Hibernia Emmett Lowe, John David Ray, Lavender Robinson Ray, Susan A Ray. Bethenia Gilliam Lavender passed away in 1867 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Bethenia Gilliam Lavender was born in 1803 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America, the child of John Lavender And Mary Gilliam.
  • Bethenia Gilliam Lavender married John Ray, and had children including Georgia Ann Ray, Hibernia Emmett Lowe, John David Ray, Lavender Robinson Ray, Susan A Ray.
  • Bethenia Gilliam Lavender passed away in 1867 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Bethenia Lavender's Ancestors

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Bethenia Lavender
1803–1867
Birth Place: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
Parents
Mary Gilliam
1772–
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Devereux Gilliam
1743–1809
Virginia, United States of America
Edith Ellis
1743–1818
Virginia, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
William II
1720–1774
Mary Jarrett
1724–1791
Charles Ellis
1719–1759
Susannah Harding
1722–1817
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Deveraux Jarrett
1700–
Elizabeth Wingfield
1702–1746

Bethenia Lavender's Descendants

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Bethenia (Gilliam) Lavender (27 January 1803–19 July 1867) m. John Ray (3 January 1790–21 July 1868)
  1. 1. Lavender (Robinson) Ray 1842–1916
  2. 2. Susan (A) Ray 1837–1906 m. James (W B) Melson 1819–
    1. 1. James (Warren B) Melson 1874–1934
  3. 3. John (David) Ray 1841–1911 m. Mary (P.) Rawson 1847–1903
    1. 1. Laulie (Hammond) Ray 1874–1949 m. Robert (Fitch) Shedden 1867–1930
      1. 1. Robert (Rawson) Shedden 1901–1902
      2. 2. William (Fitch) Shedden 1907–1956
      3. 3. Mary (R) Shedden 1903–1990 m. Robert (Langdon Foreman) Sr. 1898–1978
        1. 1. Robert (Langdon Foreman) Jr 1926–2017
        2. 2. Edward (Rawson) Foreman 1939–2015
      4. 4. Harriett (Purdy) Grady 1905–1980
  4. 4. Georgia (Ann) Ray 1834–1887 m. Abner (Render) Wellborn 1821–1905
    1. 1. Susan ((Susie) Beatrice) Wellborn 1860–1941 m. John (Brainerd) Blackmar 1853–1931
      1. 1. Francis (Burton) Blackmar 1897–1977 m. Elizabeth Standard 1903–1994 m. Isabel Lyman 1899–1933
        1. 1. Frances Blackmar 1924–2005 m. George (Bertling) Smith 1921–1995
        2. 2. Lyman (B) Blackmar 1927–2001
      2. 2. Alfred (Owen Blackmar) III 1884–1944
      3. 3. John (Brainerd) Blackmar 1890–1917
      4. 4. Ray (Wellborn) Blackmar 1887–1943
      5. 5. Susie Blackmar 1895–1981 m. John (Tyler (Jack)) Ellis 1890–
        1. 1. John (B) Ellis 1925–
    2. 2. Abner (Ray) Wellborn 1864–1930
    3. 3. Lucette (Eulalia) Wellborn 1855–1880
    4. 4. Carseina Welborn 1858–
  5. 5. Hibernia (Emmett) Lowe 1845–1926

Bethenia Lavender's Timeline

2 Records

1803
27 January 1803
Birth of Bethenia Gilliam Lavender in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
1867
19 July 1867
Age 64
Death of Bethenia Gilliam Lavender in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America
Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 January 1803
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1761.065; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1867
    Event Place: Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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