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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Naturalised in 1781
« on: Saturday 11 August 12 22:00 BST (UK) »
Good morning everyone,
Thank you all for your efforts while I was sleeping - that's wonderful news to wake up to. I particularly appreciate aghadowey for finding the Act itself and jorose for going through four pages of legalese for me. I now have a place of birth and knowledge that she had been living in Great Britain for at least seven years before her marriage.
I too had found mention of her father possibly being Sir Francis Blake Delaval, but I couldn't find any link between the two. Most records have her as being a 'Blake' not a 'Delaval' so I wasn't sure if this were even true, though jorose's death index find makes a strong case for this. If she were an illegitimate daughter of his, as suggested by jorose, that could explain the necessity for the naturalisation act.
Thank you all for your help.
Thank you all for your efforts while I was sleeping - that's wonderful news to wake up to. I particularly appreciate aghadowey for finding the Act itself and jorose for going through four pages of legalese for me. I now have a place of birth and knowledge that she had been living in Great Britain for at least seven years before her marriage.
I too had found mention of her father possibly being Sir Francis Blake Delaval, but I couldn't find any link between the two. Most records have her as being a 'Blake' not a 'Delaval' so I wasn't sure if this were even true, though jorose's death index find makes a strong case for this. If she were an illegitimate daughter of his, as suggested by jorose, that could explain the necessity for the naturalisation act.
Thank you all for your help.