{"id":1501,"date":"2024-09-26T12:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risley.family\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2024-10-13T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:42:22","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/risley.family\/?page_id=1501","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1501\" class=\"elementor elementor-1501\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1016d2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1016d2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b070bd\" data-id=\"9b070bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631726a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"631726a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68e0abc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68e0abc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e255c15\" data-id=\"e255c15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5497f05 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5497f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dear Cousins,<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Most people have a natural desire to know the history of their family.&nbsp; The RISLEY, WRISLEY, or RIZLEY family was founded in America by RICHARD RISLEY SR who came here from England in 1633.&nbsp; He was one of the founders of Hartford and the Commonwealth of Connecticut in 1636.&nbsp; He also participated in the Fundamental Orders in 1639, the first written Constitution to govern the affairs of an American colony and source for the American Constitution.&nbsp; Our family is among the oldest and largest colonial families in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b2200;\">We have an honorable, worthy, and hardworking ancestry.&nbsp; Their labors and achievements should be remembered.&nbsp; Our ancestors have left us a heritage of which we are justly proud.&nbsp; We want to share and enjoy the knowledge of those people who, by the grace of God, prepared the way for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b2200;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first Risley family reunion was held in 1889.&nbsp; At that time, The Risley Family Association was formed.&nbsp; Then in 1906 The Descendants of Richard Risley, Inc., was incorporated in Connecticut.&nbsp; In 1909, Edwin H. Risley published the first Risley Family History.&nbsp; It is a wonderful accounting of the Risley family though today we know there are some errors and omissions.<\/p>\n<p>Reunions were regularly held for several decades.&nbsp; Then they were less regular as interest waned and eventually not at all.&nbsp; As a result, the Risley Family Association became inactive.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In 1977, a Committee of Correspondence was formed, and the Association was reactivated by Roy and Verna Goold of Brockport NY.<\/p>\n<p>The Risley Family Association is dedicated to preserving and sharing the historical and genealogical records of our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Our newsletter, The Risley Record, is published for our members.&nbsp; We also issue Certificates of Membership attesting to the descent of our members from the immigrant Richard Risley.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We would like to help you trace your lineage back to Richard Risley.&nbsp; We will assist you in a reasonable way with information about your Risley ancestry and possibly be able to offer genealogical research assistance.&nbsp; We have the most extensive records of the Risley family ever assembled.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>We would love to have you join us.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Simply fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/risley.family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/New RFA Membership Form.pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">application form<\/a> on the website.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Our annual dues begin at $20, and an application fee of $10.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Risley family has a proud heritage.&nbsp; We hope you will be interested and want to join us.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely, Doug Carter<\/p>\n<p>President, Risley Family Association<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Dear Cousins, Most people have a natural desire to know the history of their family.&nbsp; The RISLEY, WRISLEY, or RIZLEY family was founded in America by RICHARD RISLEY SR who came here from England in 1633.&nbsp; 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