Daniel Sherman (judge)  Judge Daniel Sherman (1721 in Connecticut – ?) 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 the Judge Taylor Sherman, who was a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Connecticut. Sherman had many prominent descendants, including: