Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Abbey a Whilton, wani ƙauyen Northamptonshire, a ranar 22 ga Disamba, 1785. A cikin samartakarsa, ya kasance mai koyon aiki ga James da David Davis, kuma daga baya ga Hugh Russel bayan 1818, dukansu sanannun magina ne a zamaninsu. A cikin 1826 Abbey ya tafi Paris, bisa gayyatar Sébastien Érard, mashahurin mashahurin mashahurin mashahurin mashahurin mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran mashahuran. Har ila yau, ya gina wani bangare daga zane na Érard don ɗakin sujada na Tuileries, wanda, duk da haka, yana da ɗan gajeren lokaci, an hallaka shi a cikin
Juyin juya halin 1830.