When Abigail "Nabby" Risley was born on 15 August 1790, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Captain George Risley Sr., was 27 and her mother, Jerusha Phelps, was 24. She married Derick Sibley on 9 June 1812, in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 29 November 1827, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.
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English: habitational name from Risley in Winwick (Lancashire), Risley (Derbyshire), Riseley (Bedfordshire), or Riseley Farm in Swallowfield (Berkshire). The placenames derive from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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