Ex parte Dawson

The Surrogate.

The father of Mary Jay Dawson, a minor, was a native of England, whence, at the age of sixteen years, he came with his father to this country to reside. He subsequently renounced his allegiance to the Grown of Great Britain, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States. His residence was in the city of Hew York from anterior to his marriage until his decease in 1852. The mother of the infant was a native of the United States and a resident of this city, where she died in 1846. The minor- was born in Hew York in- the year 1842, and inherited from her mother a large…