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Is there anyone with the last name Smart? and where are your ancestors from?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Kelbel,

I guess it is an inigma, I am not Smart. But the people at the GENFORUM for the Forum SMART are. They are waiting for you to read their messages, and post your own. Also, from Swyrich.com Smart is English.

Smart

Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Smart, Smert, Smarte, Smartt and others.

First found in Suffolk, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Smart who settled in Massachusetts in 1635; another John settled in Jamaica in 1670; another John settled in the Barbados in 1680 with his servants and brother Samuel also settling with his wife, child, and servants.