Christopher Ricketts (abt. 1749 - 1838)

Ancestors

Son of Henry Ricketts and Joan (Poulton) Ricketts

Husband of Mary (Speck) Ricketts — married 6 Apr 1772 in Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1838 at about age 89 in Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Christopher was born about 1749 and died in 1838.

He was almost certainly the son of Henry Ricketts - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ricketts-2122 - for several reasons:

• Although no record of his birth has been found, he married Mary Speck in Broad Blunsdon, only 5 miles away from where Henry lived and all of his other children were born
• Henry had six other children, including two born in 1746 and 1751; Christopher would fit into the gap
• There is a 27cM autosomal DNA match between a confirmed descendant of Christopher and a confirmed descendant of Henry through his son Stephen - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ricketts-2121

Candidates for a Y-chromosome test to test the theory are being sought.

Sources

• [1] Record of marriage to Mary Speck
• [2] Burial record
• [3] Record of eligibility for jury service in Blunsdon in 1771
• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Henry Campbell-Ricketts, FTDNA kit #233298, is a match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 37 markers to David Paul Ricketts thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Christopher Ricketts.