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We are researching our Brutons who were from Dunshaughlin ,but who emigrated to New York in 1849.  Our family lore says they were Huguenots before they went to Ireland, and then they came to America. Eventually we are hoping to find Brutons in Meath to whom we are related, so that's why I'm joining this thread. My great-great-great grandfather was John Bruton, born 1791, in Meath. He married a Margaret McCabe.  Supposedly he had a daughter named either Judith or Julie who married a James Sherlock. We have not been able to find this marriage in Catholic church records. John and several of his sons moved to America in 1849,settling in Rochester. His son Robert,my great great grandfather, died in the Civil War.