Stephen was the son of Stephen Silver and Elizabeth Finch. His paternal grandmother was Sarah Winckworth. His father was a
draper in Winchester who died in 1794. On 4 Oct 1855, Stephen died at Carshalton, Surrey, "in the 66th year of his age, after a painful illness, borne with the greatest submission". His wife, Frances Susan, died on 19 Nov 1869 and was buried at the side of her husband in the cemetery at St John's Hampstead, Camden (along with three of their children). ==References==