This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Orman, Russell, West, Davis Nixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ih.2ADE/170.165.1 Message Board Post: Thanks to you, I know a good deal more about the Van Ormans[ or any of several other spellings. I am a descendant of Jerusha, daughter of Miles.. She married Joshua West and is my gggrandmother. I have a copy of the descendants of Isaac Van Ornam. I assume you were involved in compiling this. Is anything known from what country they came from? The name sounds Dutch to me...Isaac served in the Revolutionary War, I believe. Is there a record of his military experience and perhaps his parents name on his enlistment papers? My family records suggests that Miles married Charlotte Russell.