John-David Duggar's Wedding: Date And Details Revealed

John David Duggar and Abbie Burnett got engaged in July 2018 and married in November 2018. The couple, who started courting in June 2018, announced their engagement in a joint statement on the Duggar family website. Duggar, 28, and Burnett, 26, tied the knot at the First Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma, the bride's hometown.

John David Duggar and Abbie Burnett got engaged in July 2018

> "Wow! We are engaged! This feels even more real than before! It was a special moment to share together. The proposal and the 'YES' really solidified that we want to spend the rest of our lives together. One of the most amazing things about following Christ is being able to trust Him to direct your path and lead your life. We are so thankful that He led us to one another. Now we need to start thinking about a wedding!"

John David proposed to Abbie during a surprise trip to visit her in Fredericksburg, Texas. The couple, along with their sisters Jana Duggar and Maggie Burnett, flew to Texas, where they had dinner in the Airport Diner. After dinner, John and Abbie entered another room where he proposed, with a heart made of red petals on the floor.

John David and Abbie began courting in June 2018, and announced the news in a TLC video. "We've known of each other for several years, but we didn't meet 'til...John flew in for a church event here in Oklahoma where I'm from," Abbie said. "We really got connected then," John David added. "We fell in love very quickly. And it's been a wonderful journey thus far and taking the next step to move onto a courtship."

John David got down on one knee in an airplane hangar in front of a sign that read "Abbie, Will You Marry Me?". The couple's engagement was featured in a TLC video, in which they showed off Abbie's ring and explained how engagement is different from courtship. "Engagement is very different than a courtship because engagement actually says, 'Okay, I'm committed to this person to marriage for life,'" John David explained.

They married in November 2018

John-David Duggar married Abbie Grace Burnett on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The couple shared their wedding day exclusively with Us Weekly. They married in the First Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma, the hometown of the bride's family, the Burnetts.

The groom was 28 years old at the time, and the bride was 26. For her walk down the aisle, Burnett wore a design from Renee Miller with Renee's Bridal. The couple posed for a wedding portrait, in which Duggar wrapped his arm around Burnett as the newlyweds beamed with joy.

"We are so excited to be married! It was a beautiful moment and we so appreciate our friends and family for sharing this day with us," the couple said in a statement. "Most of all we are thankful to Christ for bringing us together. This is going to be an amazing journey!"

Duggar proposed to Burnett during a surprise trip to visit her on July 17, 2018. Along with their sisters Jana Duggar and Maggie Burnett, the couple flew to Fredericksburg, Texas, where they had dinner in the Airport Diner. After dinner, Duggar and Burnett entered another room where he proposed, with a heart made of red petals on the floor.

The couple began courting in June and announced the news in a TLC video. "We've known of each other for several years, but we didn't meet 'til ... " Duggar said, with Burnett adding, "John flew in for a church event here in Oklahoma where I'm from. We really got connected then."

John is the second-oldest son in the Duggar family

John David Duggar is the second-oldest son in the Duggar family. John was born in 1990 and is one of 19 children. John's older sibling is a twin, Jana, and the pair are three minutes apart in age. John is a licensed pilot and has passed on his knowledge to his younger brother, James. John is also a reality television personality, appearing in TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, and its spin-offs, Counting On and Jill and Jessa: Counting On.

John married Abbie Burnett in November 2018, just five months after they began courting. John proposed to Abbie in an airplane hangar, reflecting their shared interest in planes. The couple tied the knot at the First Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma, which is Abbie's hometown. They have two children: Grace Annette, born in January 2020, and Charlie, born in September 2022.

John and Abbie's wedding was not without controversy. John's older brother, Josh, was present at the wedding, and his attendance limited the number of photos taken on the day. Josh is a convicted sex offender and former reality television personality. He was found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography in 2021 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

John and Abbie were 28 and 26, respectively, when they married

John David Duggar and Abbie Burnett were 28 and 26, respectively, when they married in 2018. The couple, who began courting in June of that year, announced their engagement in July. They tied the knot in November, with John at 28 years old and Abbie at 26.

John and Abbie's ages at marriage were notable within the context of the Duggar family. While 28 might be considered a standard age for marriage outside the family, it is old compared to the ages at which most of John's siblings married. John is the second-oldest son in the family, and his decision to wed at a later age allowed him and Abbie to re-evaluate and adapt the traditional courtship rules.

For example, John and Abbie were spotted at WalMart by themselves while they were courting—an activity that other courting Duggar couples would not typically be allowed to do. However, because John and Abbie were older, they were given more freedom and autonomy in their relationship.

John and Abbie's wedding was held in First Baptist Church in Ada, Oklahoma, which is the Burnett family's hometown. The couple's wedding party included John's brother, Josh Duggar, as a groomsman, which caused some controversy among critics of the show "Counting On." Despite this, John and Abbie seemed overjoyed on their wedding day, beaming with joy in their wedding portrait.

John David and Abbie received criticism for allowing Josh to be a groomsman at their wedding

John David Duggar and Abbie Burnett, who were married in 2018, received criticism for allowing Josh Duggar to be a groomsman at their wedding. John and Abbie's wedding was the first time Josh had been seen at a family wedding since his sexual abuse scandal was leaked in 2015.

Josh, who is John's older brother, admitted to fondling five underage girls under the Duggar roof when he was 14. John was extremely upset when the scandal broke, and expressed a lot of sympathy for his younger sisters and anyone else affected by Josh's actions.

Critics of the Duggar's reality show, 'Counting On', were shocked to discover an image of Josh in John's wedding party. "For all those insults [John] threw [Josh's] way when the allegations came out, he went ahead and made him a groomsman at his wedding?" one user asked on Reddit.

Some people speculated that John might have been pressured into including his brother in the wedding party. "Familial pressure? We all know that’s prevalent amongst the Duggars," one person wrote on Reddit. "John has always been his own man more than any of his siblings. If it is pressure then it was probably in exchange for [their father] Jim Bob paying for the wedding," someone else added.

Jim Bob has long been suspected of controlling the family, and some critics believe he may have asked John to put his brother in the wedding party. Derick Dillard, who is married to Jill Duggar, has hinted in the past that Jim Bob's controlling nature is what prompted him to leave 'Counting On' in 2017.

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