"The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776."....David Ramsay, 1789.
A Dissertation on Manner of Acquiring Character & Privileges of Citizen of U.S.-by David Ramsay-1789
The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law (1758)
The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God: The True Foundation of American Law
In U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, the U.S. Supreme Court analyzed the 14th Amendment term "born . . . in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to be an adoption of the common law meaning of "natural born citizen," which in turn derived its jus soli meaning from the English common law term "natural born subject." And it applied this to Mr. Wong, who was born in the U.S. of resident alien parents.
"The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776."....David Ramsay, 1789.
And we all know that Ramsay wrote that trying to disqualify William Loughton Smith (who had just beaten Ramsay for a House seat). And we all know that the House soundly rejected Ramsay's claims.
It's not clear whether you offer this to rebut my claim that up to the time of the drafting of the Constitution there was no English language usage of "natural born" conveying the meaning of "from like parents," but this coming in 1789 doesn't predate the Constitutional Convention of 1787.