1818-1840

 

DATE EVENT/ASSIGNMENT Reported/Location

1818

Born, Psara (also Ipsara), Greece

Psara, Greece

July 2, 1824 (n.s.)

Orphaned in massacre on Ipsara

Psara, Greece
May 14, 1827 Entered onto roll of US Frigate Constitution with rank of Boy Egina, Greece

February 1828

Promoted to Ordinary Seaman

Port Mahon (Mao), Spain

July 4, 1828

Arrived in Boston;  left duty aboard the US Frigate Constitution

Boston, MA
1828 Portrait painted by C. C. Ingham New York, NY (?)

1820s-30s

Educated in New England

mid-1830s

Instructed in gunnery by George Marshall, USN

Portsmouth, VA

August 10, 1836

Appears on Muster Roll of the Norfolk Navy Yard, in ordinary, as Seaman

Portsmouth, VA

April 20, 1837

Appointed Acting Gunner on US Sloop Fairfield, serving in the Brazil Squadron

(signed by Commodore L. Warrington, Gosport)

Portsmouth, VA

 

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