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Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first...
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FKA
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This record is about the Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first... dating from 1797-1860.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D8760/F/FKA
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1797-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records consist mostly of letters written to the Kays, including letters by John Franklin, his first wife Eleanor Anne, her father William Porden, and Franklin's second wife Lady Jane Franklin.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Derbyshire Record Office
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Kay family of London
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 88 items
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Kay family was related to John Franklin by his first wife, Eleanor Anne (nee Porden), whose older sister Sarah Henrietta had married architect Joseph Kay in 1807. The couple 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).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8e0ee18b-7adb-4cd0-86e7-0a5373eb8c68/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office
Within the fonds: D8760
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Within the sub-fonds: D8760/F
Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall
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Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor