Born: Circa 1734, London, England.
Died: December 14, 1805, Walworth, Newington, Surrey, England.
Buried: Bunhill Fields, London, England.
Smith was precentor at the Alie Street Meeting House, Goodman’s Fields, East London, receiving £40 per year, possibly the first salaried precentor. Later he became a linen draper.