John Risley was born on 29 January 1690, in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas Risley and Thomasin Lathan. He died on 3 September 1743, at the age of 53.
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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