Wilson Bethel
Bethel in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Stephen Wilson Bethel
Place of Birth: Hillsborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 24, 1984
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother), English, possibly Welsh
Wilson Bethel is an American actor and producer. His roles include the series The Young and the Restless, Hart of Dixie, The Astronaut Wives Club, Blood & Oil, How to Get Away with Murder, Daredevil, and All Rise, the films Tunnel Rats, Stealing Summers, and Wyatt Earp’s Revenge, and the mini-series Generation Kill and Harley and the Davidsons.
He is the son of author Joyce Maynard (Daphne Joyce Maynard) and artist Stephen Bethel. He is married to Liesl Martinez-Balaguer, and has a daughter.
Wilson’s maternal grandfather was named Max S. Maynard. Max was born in India, to English Fundamentalist missionary parents, and moved to Canada.
Wilson’s maternal grandmother was Fredelle Bruser (the daughter of Boris Bruser and Rona Slobinsky). Fredelle was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian Jewish parents.
Source: Genealogy of Wilson Bethel (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
CORRECTION: The surname ‘Bethel’ is of Welsh origin, not English.
I don’t know… English-born “Behtel”s on Rootsweb.com far out number the Welsh-born ones.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Bethel&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=england&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Bethel&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=wales&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search