Chapter 67: 1814. He is a son of William Nyren Silver, of Port Lee, Hampshire, of
the Silvers of Ropley, Whitechurch, Southampton, England; and of
Elizabeth Chamberlain, whose family left New England at the close of the
revolutionary war. Mr. Silver received his education at the Halifax
Academy. When only twenty years of age he served as a colour sergeant in
the Light Infantry volunteers, and participated in the military display
held in honour of the coronation of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, in
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