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.
[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.
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