- Jarrit Smyth
Sir Jarrit Smyth (1692 - 1783) was a Member of Parliament for Bristol, United Kingdom. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P26484&tabType=HISTORY The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Person details | Historical Details ] ] He married Florence Smithe (possibly a cousin), daughter of Sir John Smith and Elizabeth Asthy. [http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/images8/smythacpedigree.jpg]
Is addition to being a member of parliament, he was also a
Lawyer and the first to mine the Long Ashton coalfield. [cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wayfamily/wc01/wc01_304.html|title=Sir Jarrit (Smith) Smyth|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=2008-07-23]References
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