Talk:Banastre (1787 ship)

Naming of the ship

Thomas (The slave trade: the story of the Atlantic slave trade, 1440-1870) says the ship was named after Banastre Tarleton, but he provides no evidence for this.

In addition to the Banastre, the partnership had other ships, including the Backhouse, the Tarleton, and the Anne. It is a reasonable assumption that two of them were named for the partners. Since they were apparently using family names for the ships, the Anne might logically have been named for Anne (Clayton) Parker, the mother of Jane (Parker) Tarleton. She is the closest relative having the first name Anne.

Amongst the other ships associated with the Tarleton family is the Clayton. That is the maiden name of John Tarleton’s mother-in-law. The husband of Anne (Clayton) Parker was Banastre Parker, the father-in-law of John Tarleton. Perhaps John Tarleton and Banastre Parker had a business relationship; that is often how marriages resulted. According to the Slave Voyages database, Jane (Parker)Tarleton was also an “enslaver”; this could be another clue linking John Tarleton with Banastre Parker.

Given the connections between John Tarleton and Banastre Parker, albeit circumstantial, I believe the Banastre was more likely to have been named after Banastre Parker than after Banastre Tarleton. Until there is evidence to resolve the question, I have deleted the namesake entry from the infobox. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 09:58, 22 July 2023 (UTC)