Jessa Duggar (m. Ben Seewald)
Jim Bob and Michelle’s fifth baby, Jessa Duggar, was born Nov. 4, 1992.
Jessa met Ben via church and he started courting her in 2013—the old school strategy to romance coming as a brand-new notion to lots of viewers. The children by no means talked about their romances pre-engagement, so Jim Bob defined to Folks, “Courting is attending to know one another in a gaggle setting, each households spending time collectively and the couple setting objectives collectively to find out if they’re meant to marry. With courting, a pair will typically pair off alone and that generally results in a extra bodily relationship.”
Ben requested for Jessa’s hand after which proposed in August 2014—sealing the deal by holding her hand for the primary time. They married on Nov. 1, 2014. Jessa was pregnant with their first baby when 19 Children and Counting was canceled and TLC subsequently aired a particular about sexual abuse, that includes Jill and Jessa, to additional educate viewers on the topic. The sisters would find yourself the celebrities of their very own present, Jill and Jessa: Counting On, that winter; the present then developed to turn into Counting On, that includes different Duggar siblings as nicely.
In the meantime, Jessa and Ben welcomed son Spurgeon on Nov. 5, 2015, son Henry on Feb. 6, 2017, daughter Ivy Jane on Could 28, 2019 and daughter Fern in July 2021. In February 2023, Jessa shared that she suffered a miscarriage over the 2022 vacation season. She gave beginning to son George in December 2023.
In August 2025, Jessa introduced the beginning of son Edward.
