Nicholas Yager of the 2nd Colony was naturalized in 1722, signed by Lt. Gov. Spotswood. His naturalization papers are owned by descendants in Madison County, and are transcribed in the latest Yager genealogy. Long ago the citation for his naturalization was given on this site as: "Nicholas Yager. Naturalization paper, 13 July 1722. Accession 31432. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia." Virginia Nuta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Aylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: [GERMANNA] Naturalizations of 2nd Colony members Hi All, I was looking for information on property ownership around 1725 when I pondered the question as to whether a person had to be naturalized in order to own land. (The answer is that you did not need to be naturalized to own property, but you could not legally pass property on to your heirs if you were not naturalized.) I noticed that quite a few 1st Colony members were naturalized as early as 1722 and 1724, but I don’t see any second Colony members naturalized prior to about 1743. Granted this is not an exhaustive search – I scanned my Beyond Germanna CD and all of John’s Short Notes. Does anyone have any evidence of any 2nd Colony members being naturalized before 1740, or more specifically before they moved to the Robinson River valley in 1725? Any thoughts on why the 2nd Colony (in general) waited so long? Thanks, -Jeff Aylor If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5518 (20101009) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
Nicholas Yager's naturalization certificate at the Library of Virginia is just a photocopy of the original now in private ownership. At one time it was owned by the Madison County Clerk's Office, if I remember correctly it was donated there by Miss Priscilla Yager. It was sold to the current owners some time between the publication of Germanna Record #10 and 2003 when I saw it during the Madison County tour, although I do not know who made the decision to sell it out of public ownership. Is there a record of those naturalizations granted at Williamsburg in the same time frame as Nicholas Yager? Cathi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Nuta" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Naturalizations of 2nd Colony members Nicholas Yager of the 2nd Colony was naturalized in 1722, signed by Lt. Gov. Spotswood. His naturalization papers are owned by descendants in Madison County, and are transcribed in the latest Yager genealogy. Long ago the citation for his naturalization was given on this site as: "Nicholas Yager. Naturalization paper, 13 July 1722. Accession 31432. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia." Virginia Nuta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Aylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: [GERMANNA] Naturalizations of 2nd Colony members Hi All, I was looking for information on property ownership around 1725 when I pondered the question as to whether a person had to be naturalized in order to own land. (The answer is that you did not need to be naturalized to own property, but you could not legally pass property on to your heirs if you were not naturalized.) I noticed that quite a few 1st Colony members were naturalized as early as 1722 and 1724, but I don’t see any second Colony members naturalized prior to about 1743. Granted this is not an exhaustive search – I scanned my Beyond Germanna CD and all of John’s Short Notes. Does anyone have any evidence of any 2nd Colony members being naturalized before 1740, or more specifically before they moved to the Robinson River valley in 1725? Any thoughts on why the 2nd Colony (in general) waited so long? Thanks, -Jeff Aylor If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5518 (20101009) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message