Records of Slingsby Bethell on Ancestry

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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Slingsby Bethell and the Bethell Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bethell Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Bethell family tree.

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Bethell Family Tree Databases

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Bethell Forums

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Some Famous People called Slingsby Bethell

Slingsby Bethell

Slingsby Bethell (1695–1758) of Tower Hill, London was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London.

He was the third son of William Bethell of Swinden, Yorkshire and the younger brother of Hugh Bethell. In his early life he bought a plantation in Antigua and returned to work in London as a well-to-do merchant involved in the Africa trade.

He was a member of the Fishmongers’ Company from 1749 to his death, an alderman of London in 1749, Sheriff of the City of London for 1751–52, and Lord Mayor of London for 1755–56. He was Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1747 to November 1758.

He died unmarried in 1758.

Source: Slingsby Bethell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Bethell

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