, ▁a ▁prominent ▁m ansion ▁in ▁H amp st ead . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 4 ▁they ▁became ▁friends ▁with ▁Anna ▁La et it ia ▁Bar ba uld , ▁and ▁through ▁her ▁met ▁Joseph ▁Pri est ley . ▁They ▁knew ▁Am elia ▁Ald erson , ▁later ▁Mrs ▁Op ie , ▁Mary ▁Know les , ▁the ▁int imate ▁of ▁Samuel ▁Johnson , ▁and ▁William ▁Sav ory , ▁a ▁Philadelphia ▁minister . ▁In ▁Bath ▁in ▁a ▁later ▁year ▁he ▁convers ed ▁with ▁Hann ah ▁More . ▁ ▁Children ▁and ▁descend ants ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 2 ▁his ▁daughter ▁Hann ah ▁married ▁Thomas ▁Mar l borough ▁P ry or . ▁His ▁son ▁Samuel ▁( 1 7 8 3 – 1 8 4 7 ) ▁learned ▁bank ing ▁in ▁Lomb ard ▁Street ▁from ▁ 1 8 0 3 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 ▁he ▁married ▁Louis a ▁G ur ney ▁( 1 7 8 4 – 1 8 3 6 ) ▁of ▁Earl ham ▁Hall ▁near ▁Nor wich . ▁This ▁connected ▁the ▁family ▁to ▁( G ur ney ' s ▁Bank ), ▁and ▁also ▁to ▁Louis a ' s ▁sib lings ▁Elizabeth ▁F ry , ▁prison ▁reform er , ▁Joseph ▁John ▁G ur ney ▁and ▁Samuel ▁G ur ney , ▁phil anth rop ists , ▁and ▁Daniel ▁G ur ney , ▁bank er ▁and ▁anti qu ary . ▁The ▁marriage ▁was ▁strongly ▁supported ▁by ▁Samuel ▁Ho are ▁Jr . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁daughter ▁Sarah , ▁" I ▁know ▁of ▁no ▁event