Judge Nathaniel 'Daniel' Sherman

Nathaniel 'Daniel' Sherman

Judge Nathaniel 'Daniel' Sherman was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years.

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

Sherman had many prominent descendants:

His son, judge Taylor Sherman;
Ohio Supreme Court justice Charles Robert Sherman was his grandson;
U.S. Senator John Sherman, U.S. Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. Judge Charles Taylor Sherman, and notable businessman Hoyt Sherman, all of whom were his great-grandsons
Noted Orator, Rev. Thomas Ewing Sherman, SJ, was his great-great-grandson.