Sarah (Bache) Sergeant (1788-1863)

Mrs Sarah Franklin (Bache) Sergeant

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She was a grand-daughter of the Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin. She married Thomas Sergeant, Supreme Court Justice and Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, etc. They were the parents of four children of whom three (listed above) survived to adulthood. Their two sons died without children and their line is continued through their daughter who married Brigadier-General Christopher Grant Perry, son of the hero of the War of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S.N.

Parents (2)

Richard Bache

of Philadelphia; U.S. Postmaster-General

1737-1811

Sarah (Franklin) Bache

Mrs "Sally" Sarah (Franklin) Bache

1743-1808

Spouse (1)

Thomas Sergeant

Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State & Attorney-General for Pennsylvania

1782-1860

Children (3)

Henry Jonathan Sergeant

Lawyer of Philadelphia & Publisher of "Watt's & Sergeant's Reports"

1815-1858

Frances (Sergeant) Perry

Mrs "Fanny" Frances (Sergeant) Perry

1817-1903

Thomas Sergeant

Thomas Sergeant, Jr., of Philadelphia; died unmarried

1819-1878