Ancestry of
Gurdon Robbins Smith

(1883–1932)

Samuel Risley

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Gurdon Robbins Smith — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 136 
  • Father:
  • Richard Risley 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Adams   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1679 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Feb 1756 
  • Death Location:
  • Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Gaines
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Aug 1704 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Job Risley (Ahnentafel No:68 )

• Sources for Samuel Risley

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Glastonbury, p. 103, Marriage record for son Job Risley and Mary Bidwell.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1931, Vol. 85, p. 39.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1949, Vol. 25, pp. 234, 237-239.
  • ⁴ Risley, Edwin H., The Risley Family History: Including Records of Some of the Early English Risleys . . ., New York: The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers (1909), 42, 45-47.