Sharswood's Blackstone is cited in 1866 by the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, among a host of authorities listed, to illustrate the existing law in the U.S. recognized the English jus soli principle.
This was during the debate on the citizenship clause of the Civil Rights Act. It was stated repeatedly (as was true of the 14th Amendment) that the clause is simply declaratory of existing law. (Excerpt is from Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., lst Sess. 1832 (1866).