Just some random Berrien, Michigan, connections that may not mean a thing (citations on request). I've limited the list to facts before 1880. Maybe something will click for you: 1835 and 1839 deed record Berrien, MI, for Henry Jennings Slater (b 1804 Greene Co., PA). He married Lucy Vanarnam (1804 VT), oldest child of George Frederick and Mary Hill Vanarnam, my gg-grandparents. They married in OH, probably Knox Co, before 1830, and moved to Berrien, MI, about 1832: children born there in 1833, 1837, 1843. (Geo. Frederick and Mary moved to Indiana with their son Theodore.) 1850-51 Frederick Snow Van Aernam born (son of Danie Winne VanAernam) 1850 census: Daniel Winne VanAernam 27 NY, Lucy 25, Emma Beatta Van Aernam., A.P. VanAernam 23 (all b NY) Daniel is son of Abraham and Catherine Bedt and baptised in Helderberg church 1819. 1868 William Henry Van Orman age 18 b NY (Aaron< Daniel< Hendrick< Luykas) m Hannah Armstrong in in Buchanan, Berrien, MI. 1877 Decatur Bainbridge Van Orman (b 1853 Cawtawba, NY, son of Aaron) m. Sarah Ellen Weed, Hagar Twp., Berrien, MI Good luck! Linda Schwenn