Amy Duggar King on moving away from Jim Bob Duggar

The fifth child of Jim Bob and Michelle, Jessica Duggarwas born on November 4, 1992.

Jessa met Ben at church and he began courting her in 2013 – the old-fashioned approach to romance seems like a whole new notion to many viewers. The children never talked about their romance before the engagement, so Jim Bob explained to People“Courting is about getting to know each other as a group, the two families spend time together and the couple sets goals together to determine if they are meant to get married. With dating, a couple often couples alone and sometimes this leads to a more physical relationship.”

Ben asked for Jessa’s hand, then proposed in August 2014, sealing the deal by holding her hand for the first time. They were married on November 1, 2014. Jessa was pregnant with their first child when 19 Kids and They Matter was canceled and TLC subsequently aired a special on sexual abuse, featuring Jill and Jessa, to increase viewers’ awareness of the topic. The sisters would become the stars of their own show, Jill and Jessa: counting onthat winter; the show then evolved into Rely onalso featuring other Duggar siblings.

Meanwhile, Jessa and Ben welcomed their son. Spurgeon November 5, 2015, son Henry February 6, 2017, girl Ivy Jane May 28, 2019 and his daughter Fern in July 2021. In February 2023, Jessa shared that she suffered a miscarriage during the 2022 holiday season. She gave birth to a son George in December 2023.

In August 2025, Jessa announced the birth of a son Edward.