Draft:Silas Niles

Silas Niles (May 26, 1718 – September 12, 1774) was a justice of the Colonial Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1763 to May 1765.

Of South Kingstown.

Niles was selected to serve on the colonial supreme court in October 1763, along with Justice Job Bennet Jr., and Chief Justice John Banister, though it does not appear that Banister actually served.

NILES, Silas, of Nathaniel and Mary, [born] May 26, 1718.

In 1767, Niles received at his home survivors of a shipwreck off of Rhode Island.

Niles' wife Mary died in South Kingston on May 16, 1774.

On September 24, 1777, the old South Kingstown courthouse was sold at public auction to his son, also named Silas Niles for $260.