Daniel Sherman, Sr.

1721 - 1799  (77 years)

• Name	Daniel Sherman
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	14 Aug 1721	Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
  Christened	20 Aug 1721	Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	*
  _UID	59F907958644B34180D3254AAB9FCE9A2069
  Died	28 Jul 1799	Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
  Buried	So Cemetery, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I237	SteveParker
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	John SHERMAN, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1687, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 20 May 1727, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Emma PRESTON,   b. 3 Mar 1688, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 25 Feb 1733, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1714	Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
  _UID	42432338D4BBAA47AC9DA62A378FDDE40073
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mindwell TAYLOR,   b. Bef 1720, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 18 May 1798, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age > 78 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1744	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  _UID	E1C66ED1408DE84FBFE04A5C334037CBA496
  Children	1. Hannah SHERMAN,   b. 4 Jun 1745, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 28 Jul 1799, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 54 years)   2. Emma SHERMAN,   b. 2 Aug 1747, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 1 Oct 1749, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 2 years)   3. Sarah Susan SHERMAN,   b. 14 Sep 1749, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 18 Sep 1798  (Age 49 years)   4. Emma SHERMAN,   b. 23 Mar 1753, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States   5. Daniel SHERMAN, Jr.,   b. 30 Apr 1756, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 13 Feb 1809, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 52 years)   6. Taylor SHERMAN,   b. 5 Sep 1758, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 15 May 1815, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel was the 3rd child of John Sherman II and Hachaliah Preston. He was a judge of the county of Litchfield, 1786-1791 from Woodbury, Connecticut CT Nutmegger Vol 11 #3 Dec 1978 pg 399: Headstones, So Cemetary, Woodbury, CT. Sherman, Betsy d of Elijah & Nancy d. 8 Oct 1797, 16 days " Daniel Esq. d. 28 Jul 1799, 79 yrs " Emma d of Daniel Esq. d. 1 Oct 1749, 2 yrs " George s of Elijah & Nancy d 22 Oct 1798, 4 yrs 3 mos " John Jr, d 20 May 1727 " Mindwell, w of Daniel esq. d 18 May 1798, 78 yrs " Sarah, w of Daniel esq. d 18 Sep 1796 49 yrs ( could this be d of not w of Daniel?) Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch.DAR ID Number: 25530 Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Descendant of Hon. Daniel Sherman and of Lieut. George Ewing. Daughter of Thomas William Fitch and Maria Ewing Sherman, his wife. Granddaughter of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Eleanor Boyle Ewing, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Hon. Charles R. Sherman and Mary Hoyt. his wife; Thomas Ewing and Maria Wells Boyle, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Hon. Taylor Sherman and Elizabeth Stoddard, his wife; George Ewing and Rachel Harris, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Daniel Sherman and Mindwell Sherman, his wife. Daniel Sherman, (1721-99), served on the Committee of Safety during the entire contest and was a member of the General Assembly for fifty-nine semi-annual sessions. He had three sons killed in the war. He was born in Woodbury, Conn., where he died. Also Nos. 3774, 4690, 5522, 7309, 10709. George Ewing, (1754-1824), enlisted, 1775, as ensign of New Jersey infantry and was at Ticonderoga, Long Island, Trenton, Germantown and Valley Forge. He was lieutenant of Artillery, 1778, under Capt. Randall. The diary he kept during service ends at this date. He was born in Greenwich, N. J.; died in Indiana.