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Sarah Franklin Bache (September 12, 1788 – October 6, 1863), married Thomas Sergeant (1782–1860), who later was appointed as an associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and postmaster of Philadelphia.
Sarah “Sally” Franklin (1743-1808) was the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. She was born on September 11, 1743, in Philadelphia, when her father was 37, and focused on his career.
Learn all about Sarah Bache and her role in the American Revolution.
American patriot. Born on September 11, 1743; died in 1808; only daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read Rogers (his common-law wife); married Richard Bache (a Philadelphia merchant); children: eight. On September 1, 1730, Benjamin Franklin "took to wife" Deborah Read , whose first husband had deserted her.
It is here, in the penumbra of historical records, that we find the remarkable and peculiar life of Miss Sarah Franklin Bache, the daughter of the esteemed Benjamin Franklin. THE ENIGMA OF A MIDDLE NAME
When Hoppner painted Sarah Franklin Bache, she was approaching her fiftieth birthday. His rather sober image (Figure 5) shows her to have been a robust woman of upright carriage with an unlined face and a slight double chin. Her skin is rosy, her eyes and eye- brows dark brown. Her unpowdered, wavy graying
Nov 23, 2023 · Sarah Franklin Bache (1743-1808), a Revolutionary War patriot and daughter of Benjamin Franklin, led an active public life according to the standards of womanhood in the late eighteenth century.
