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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Author: James English Vaughn, Jr
Christopher Ricks was born in 1740 in Old Swedes Church, Wilmington Co., Delaware, and he died 03 May 1784 in East Fallowfield, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Ricks married Dinah Hayes 12 Jan 1768 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Dinah was born in 1742 in Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Co., Delaware, and she died 12 June 1796 in Cox Creek, Nelson Co., Kentucky. Christopher and Dinah had six children. Christopher Ricks is listed as Ancestor #A096215 of the Daughters of the American Revolution for his patriotic service as a Private under Captain Tristran Moore and Colonel Patterson Bell in the 4th Company, 8th Battalion, 8th Class of the Chester County Militia. Ricks also is listed as having paid a Supply Tax in 1782.
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