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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 |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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