Jessa Duggar Seewald

Together, the couple have three children; Spurgeon Elliot (born November 5, 2015), Henry Wilberforce (born February 6, 2017), Ivy Jane (born May 26, 2019).

In a June 2015 interview on The Kelly File, Seewald identified herself as one of the girls sexually abused by her oldest brother, Josh Duggar, when he was a teenager. She described the abuse as “mild inappropriate touching,” saying it occurred while she was sleeping and fully clothed. Seewald further stated she became aware of the abuse after her parents told her what had occurred following her brother's confession. While Seewald described the abuse as “very wrong,” she decried those referring to her brother as a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, saying, “that is so overboard, and a lie, really.” Regarding the police reports describing the abuse while she was a minor being released to the media, Seewald said, “the system that was set up to protect kids...it's greatly failed.”

With three of her sisters, Seewald co-wrote Growing up Duggar, a book published by Howard Books, in 2014. The book describes growing up in the Duggar home, social relationships, and their religious beliefs.

Jessa began courting Benjamin “Ben” Michael Seewald in September 2013, and they were engaged eleven months later (the longest courtship of all of her siblings). They got married on November 1, 2014.

On September 29, 2008, 19 Kids and Counting (formerly 18 Kids and Counting and 17 Kids and Counting) began as a regular series based on the Duggar family. The show's final episode aired May 19, 2015 and was formally cancelled on July 16, 2015. Another series, Jill & Jessa: Counting On, starring Seewald and her sister Jill, premiered on December 13, 2015.

Seewald began her public life as a member of the family featured in the documentary 14 Children and Pregnant Again (2004), which talks about daily life of the family from the "time they wake up" to the "time they go to sleep". The documentary aired on the Discovery Health Channel. Another documentary, Raising 16 Children was produced on the same channel in 2006, when Seewald's sister Johannah was born. This was followed by another feature, On the Road with 16 Children about a family cross-country trip.

Jessa Lauren Seewald (née Duggar; born November 4, 1992) is an American television personality. She is known for being part of the cast of TLC's reality show 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On. She also co-authored a book with her sisters Jana Marie Duggar, Jill Michelle Duggar, and Jinger Duggar Vuolo titled Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships.

Seewald was born in Tontitown, Arkansas, on November 4, 1992 as the fifth child and third daughter of the family. She was her parents’ heaviest baby at birth, after being born at the hospital. She was later joined by fourteen more siblings, totalling to ten boys and nine girls. She was homeschooled as a child.