Parks , Abraham , d 1863 , Lieutenant

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Parks , Abraham , d 1863 , Lieutenant

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        Abraham Parks entered the Navy in 1806 as clerk on board the SANDWICH where he was promoted to midshipman in 1808 and later that year he was transferred to the prison ship IRRESTIBLE. In 1809 he was appointed to the SIRIUS. Until 1815 he served in the CHESAPEAKE where he was severly wounded in an explosion. In 1815 he was nominated acting lieutenant of the PORTIA. His commission as lieutenant is dated 15 March 1815. He was appointed to the Coast Guard in 1835 and to the VICTORY in 1839. Between 1839 and 1849 he commanded various steam packets, and in 1851 he was appointed to the BOSCAWEN, 1853 to the NEPTUNE, and finally 1855 to the SATURN. In 1857 he retired and was awarded a Greenwich Hospital pension. he died in 1863.

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