Daniel Sherman (judge) explained

Daniel Sherman (October 14, 1721 in Connecticut – July 28, 1799)^[1] was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years.^[1]

Personal life

Sherman married Mindwell Taylor on February 14, 1744, in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[2] Born on September 5, 1758,^[1] their son was the Judge Taylor Sherman, who was a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Connecticut.^[1]

Legacy

Sherman had many prominent descendants, including:

• his son, judge Taylor Sherman;
• Ohio Supreme Court judge Charles Robert Sherman, who was his grandson;
• United States Senator John Sherman, United States Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, Federal judge Charles Taylor Sherman, and businessman Hoyt Sherman, all of whom were his great-grandsons;
• Jesuit priest Thomas Ewing Sherman, a great-great-grandson.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vol IV File 2: The Maternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James. Homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com. 18 September 2013.
2. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.