James Smyth (priest)
James Smyth, (1683-1759) was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland.[1]
The son of Bishop William Smyth, and of Mary Povey, daughter of Sir John Povey[2] he was born in Raphoe and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] Smith was Archdeacon of Meath from 1732 until his death in 1759.[4]
He married Catherine Vesey, one of the numerous children of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, by his second wife Anne Muschamp, and had several children.
References[]
- ^ Geni
- ^ National Librabry of Ireland Collection List No. 120 "Papers of the Family of Smyth of Barbavilla
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p785: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ ”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol III” Cotton, H p129: Dublin, Hodges,1848
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- 1799 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- 18th-century Irish Anglican priests
- Archdeacons of Meath
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