Surname origin
'Smith, blacksmith, farrier' William le Smyth 1275 Assize Rolls Somerset. '
Worker at the smithy'
Robert atte Smyth 1332 Subsidy Roll Sussex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.(1)

Edward SMITH, thatcher, of Bodiam and Sandhurst (c.1749 - 1833) = (1) Elizabeth PIAL (1759-1787) (2) Mary CARE (-1799) (3) Anne MARCHANT (c.1775 -1810) (4) Sarah WEEKS (formerly BUNCE) (c.1768 -
• (1) George (1778 - ) = Elizabeth HONEYSETT
• (1) William (1783 - )
• (1) Sarah (1785 - ) = Samuel MAINARD
• (1) James (1787)X
• (2) Philadelphia (1789 - )
• (2)Hannah (1795 - )
• (2)John (1797 - )
• (2)Samuel (1799 - ) = Ann MAINARD
• (2) James (1793 - )
• (3) Ann (1803 - )
• (4) Edward SMITH (1812 - 1890)   = Jane HUMPHREY (1817 - 1891)
  
  • Eleanor (c1840 - )
  • Sarah Jane (1841 - liv.1851)
  • Eliza (1844 - 1927) = (1) Thomas BODKIN (1847 - 1879) = (2) Thomas WEEKS (c.1845 - 1911)
  • Alice (1848 - 1870)
    • Alice A (1867 - )
  • Emily (1852 - ) = David UDALL
  • Mary Elizabeth (1854 - 1929) = (1) David JUDGE (c.1855 - 1874) = (2) Stephen James WATERMAN (c.1858 - 1930)
  • Caroline (1859 - 1897) = Gilbert FITT  (1858 - 1909)
    • Francis 'Daisy' Alice FITT (1885 - 1950) = Edward BRISTOW
    • Olive Margaret FITT (1887 - 1962) = Percy SANDFORD (1886 - 1966)
    • Gilbert Edward Benjamin FITT (1888 - 1925) = Mary HUDSON
      • Irene Mary FITT
      • Olive FITT
      • Dolly FITT
    • Arthur Henry FITT  (1890 - 1954) = Mary Ann COOPER (1887 - 1975)
      • Arthur George FITT = Violet PEASE
      • Irene Mary FITT  =  Alfred John William COX
    • Annie Louise FITT (1892 - c1955) = Leslie WHITE
    • Alfred James FITT (1894 - 1951)= (1) Elsie TAYLOR = (2) Mary Ann 'Nellie' TRANGMAR (1898 - 1993)
      • (1) Clifford FITT
      • (1) Victor FITT
      • (2) Dorothy  FITT = Gordon GERRARD