Talk:True Briton (1775 ship)

Acad Ronin (talk) 21:25, 29 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Acad Ronin! I really appreciate the work you have done on the page for True Briton. I am a genealogist and stumbled upon a newspaper article from 1777 that sheds just a little light on the ship's history. I dont' see the information included in the article and absolutely do not want to introduce any chaos to the work you have done. So, I wanted to talk to you and gather your thoughts about what I'm seeing and what you make of it.
 * The article comes from The Waterford Chronicle in Ireland on 02 May 1777. At the end of the first column and beginning of the second are extracts from a letter received from Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The excerpt reads "The True Briton, Babb, from Newfoundland, which was taken in November last, is carried to Boston [England]."
 * This was during the American Revolution and there is a Portsmouth and Boston in both countries. But I'm assuming that as the ship shows no sign of capture that they refer to the England locations.
 * The question I'd like to resolve is who Babb is in this article. The article for the ship includes no mention of anyone with that name and there is an underlying mystery in our family about how the Newfoundland Babbs are connected to the rest of our tree. I was going to assume Babb was the captain, but that doesn't seem to line up. Additionally, it apparently sat at port for 5-6 months before being moved to Boston and being renamed John.
 * Here is a link to the article in case you have a Newspapers.com subscription.
 * 02 May 1777, Page 2 - The Waterford Chronicle at Newspapers.com
 * If not, I can mail it to you. My email address is daniel@babbunabridged.com and you can find more about my efforts at [http://www http://babbunabridged.com] ForeverBabb (talk) 00:08, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi ForeverBabb: Unfortunately, True Briton was not a unique name. In the 1776 issue of Lloyd's Register there is a True Briton, of 100 tons (bm), launched in 1763 at Newbury, with Jn Pitts, owner, Babbs, master, and voyage Teignmouth to St Ubes. See: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004741958?urlappend=%3Bseq=301 Then go to Lloyd's List for 11 November 1776, No.798, second page of narrative, bottom of first column and top of second column. See: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015035803751?urlappend=%3Bseq=236 This discusses her capture by a privateer. There is not enough for me to do a proper article, but I could add a small write-up to the True Briton (ship) page. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 01:00, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Let me see what else I can find about it using my sources. Thanks for the links. They make far more sense than the one you already have the article about. Thanks for the tips! I'm glad I asked. :) ForeverBabb (talk) 05:19, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I look forward to seeing what you can find. When I prepare these articles I always wonder if anyone will find them of interest. Your the second or third genealogist that I have been able to help; it's just too bad that we didn't have the right True Briton. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 12:34, 29 December 2022 (UTC)