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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, the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin, was born at Philadelphia on the eleventh of September, 1744. Of her early years no particulars can now be obtained; but from her father’s appreciation of the importance of education, and the intelligence and information that she displayed through life, we may presume that her studies were as ...
Not a soul can deny the extraordinary lives led by Sarah Franklin Bache's offspring, a veritable brood of doctors, journalists, and naval officers, who sprouted roots in the very heart of our nation's history.
Bache, Sarah (1743–1808) 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.
At the age of 24, Sally married Richard Bache on October 29, 1767, while her father was still away. Franklin was displeased at first but warmed up to the idea after he met Bache in person. Bache was a merchant who was born in England but immigrated to New York and then to Philadelphia.
Sarah Franklin “Sally” Bache (September 11, 1744 – October 5, 1808) was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. She was a leader in relief work during the American Revolutionary War and frequently served as her father’s political hostess, as her mother had died in 1774.
Bache, Sarah Franklin (1743-1808) Wartime Relief Worker: The youngest child of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, Sarah Franklin married Richard Bache in 1767, and bore eight children.
Sarah Franklin Bach was well known for her own patriotism and public spirit. She was useful to both her family and her country in a time of personal and national turmoil. Sarah developed cancer in 1807 and passed away in October, 1808 at the age of sixty-four.
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
Sarah Bache, the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin, and wife of Richard Bache, a Philadelphia merchant. In 1780, when many soldiers of the American army were going barefooted and half-clad, money was collected for their relief and expanded for materials, which by the labors of many women were soon made into the needed garments.
