Contee v. Godfrey, 6 Fed. Cas. 361 (#3140) (U.S.C.C. D.C. 1808), denied that the British-born daughter of an American antenatus who had chosen the British side could claim citizenship under the statute 7 Anne c. 5 (discussed in Kettner, Am. Citizenship, 20) which in English law had extended subjectship to the foreign-born children of subjects. In this case, the parent’s choice of alienage (before the daughter’s birth) clearly affected the descendant.
The principle the founders held to was that of a biblical one and is recorded from the beginning of time...Eve was made from Adam, from that time & I highly agree with this established fact, that when a man & woman marry, she takes her husbands name & comes under his protection, therefore she becomes a member of the society in which the husband is attached to. In the eyes of the law, “the two become one”. Justice James Wilson explains this in his works on law of 1791. That is why, from the very 1st Naturalization Act of 1790, the wife & children became citizens upon the husband/father officially becoming a citizen & is why there is no record of the wives & children's names, there was no need for it, it was established law & doctrine going back to Adam & Eve. I came across a book yesterday that shows birth announcements from the day & they all say son of such & such father, daughter of such & such father, never is the mothers name mentioned.
correction, in a few cases, the mother was mentioned, sorry for the misinformation.