“The Immigration Act of 1790 directly defines Natural Born citizen as being born of citizen parents, with citizenship devolving from the father.’
No, Both parents have to be citizens AND the father must have RESIDED in the US.
Incorrect, it wasn't until the 1930s that a female could past citizenship to her child. Prior to that citizenship was passed solely by the father. So if the father had US citizenship his child was a US citizen. If the father was German the child was German, etc. The wife assume the citizenship of her husband. Bastard children screwed everything up.