Sarah Franklin Sergeant
(1788–1863)
BIRTH
September 12, 1788
PLACE
NAME
Sarah Franklin Bache
DEATH
October 6, 1863
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Richard Bache
(1737-1811)
MOTHER
Sarah Franklin Bache
(1743-1808)
SISTER
Deborah Read
(1708-1774)
BROTHER
Richard Bache
(1737-1811)
BROTHER
Benjamin Franklin Bache
(1769-1798)
BROTHER
William Franklin Bache
(1773-1820)
SISTER
Elizabeth Franklin Bache Harwood
(1777-1820)
SISTER
Deborah Bache Duane
(1781-1863)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
NOT YET RESEARCHED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sarah Franklin Bache Sergeant (1788–1863) was the youngest daughter of Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin Bache, and a granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. She married Pennsylvania lawyer and future Supreme Court justice Thomas Sergeant in 1812. Their children included Henry, Frances, and Thomas; William died in infancy. She also copied a portrait of her father, Richard, according to Metropolitan Museum research. She outlived her husband, who died in 1860.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Sarah Franklin Sergeant’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Sarah Franklin Sergeant is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Sarah Franklin Sergeant died on Oct 6, 1863. Sarah Franklin Bache Sergeant was the youngest daughter of Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin Bache, and a granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. She married Pennsylvania lawyer and future Supreme Court justice Thomas Sergeant in 1812. Their children included Henry, Frances, and Thomas; William died in infancy. She also copied a portrait of her father, Richard, according to Metropolitan Museum research. She outlived her husband, who died in 1860. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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