Thanks Linda Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Linda Steele <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The wife, daughter, and son should have acquired Virginia citizenship by > being born here. Unless they specifically renounced their Virginia > citizenship to become British subjects during or after the Revolutionary > War, they were still Virginians upon their return. I think citizenship at > the time was by state, not the United States. > > Linda Steele > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Burnett > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 4:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [VA-HIST] Loyalty Oath > > Good Evening All > I have a question wrt passports/immigration. I have a Virginia born > ancestor who married a British born Doctor in Va prior to 1775. When the > Revolution began the Dr was a Loyalist and he, his wife, son, and daughter > returned to England. The Dr then returned to New York in a British uniform > and died there. Subsequent to the war his wife, daughter and son, after he > graduated from Edinburgh Medical School returned to Va in 1792. On their > return would they have been treated as immigrants even though all were born > in Va? Would they have had to take an oath of loyalty? > Just to put a name on this law they were the McCaws and there were 5 > generations of physicians in the Richmond Va area from this line. > Thanks in advance > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html