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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FKA - Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor - 1797-1860

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FKA/1
Title	Letters of Sarah Henrietta Kay, daughter of William Porden and sister-in-law of John Franklin
Date	1797-1860
Description	Sarah Henrietta (Henny) Kay, nee Porden (1785-1859) was the daughter of architect William Porden and Mary his wife, and the sister of Eleanor Anne, the first wife of Sir John Franklin. On 5 March 1807 at the church of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, she married the architect Joseph Kay, her father's assistant at the time. They had at least 8 children, comprising 2 boys (William Porden Kay and Joseph Henry Kay) and 6 girls (Mary Anne, Henrietta Emilia Anna, Ellen Lydia, Eliza Margaret, Sarah Frances and Eleanor Franklin).
Extent	55 items
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Kay family of London
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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