Hi Kevin & Rika - From researching my Gillin/Gillen ancestors in North Brunswick, NJ (George & Bridget Gillin/Gillen), I have some info which may or may not interest you. In a very old Catholic newspaper (of which I have a copy) the author listed a number of names of Irish immigrants (second colony) from Ulster (County Donegal) new to settling in New Brunswick, NJ. Obviously, the name Gillen proved very interesting and informative. This was the 1816 group. Among the others listed was Hagerty. "Included in this colony were the McDede, McConlough, MacGrady, McShane, Gillen, Campbell, Hagerty, Kelly, DeVinne, Murphy, Butler and Hason families. The two parts of the colony together numbered not more than fifty persons, the first having arrived in 1814. These immigrants together formed the original stock of the present-day Catholic population..." I'm wondering if your Hagerty might have been in the above second group of the colony as was my George?? Great grandfather George W. Gillen (He and I have the same initials), son of original George, sold the family Gillen home in North Brunswick to a John Haggerty in 1854. In the 1830 census while the City of New Brunswick and Franklin Township were temporarily in adjoining Somerset County, the census lists Patrick Hagerty as the 12th entry on the page and Bridget Gallan as the sixth entry on the same page.. It seems fairly obvious the immigrants lived near each other and probably some were close friends. The Bridget Gallan family fits the George a nd Bridget family perfectly. I think it is a go! Original George died in February 1829 at age 36. Let me know if any of this jibes with any of your info. Gil Gillen Palo Cedro, California.