3.6.1798 Nasmith at H(olcrof)ts
DNB has Alexander Nasmyth 1758-1840 artist and engineer of liberal politics residing mostly in Edinburgh but was also a scene painter for Drury Lane theatre in London, and James Nasmith 1740-1808 a clergyman, antiquary and farmer mostly in Cambridge area from a family of Norwich carriers. PCC wills Robert Nasmith surveyor Upper Norton St 1793 / William Nasmyth of Edinburgh 1815 / James Nasmyth 1816 / Thomas Nasmyth of Jamaica 1816 / Robert Nasmyth of Hanover Sq 1817 / John Brown Nasmyth wine merchant 25 Coleman St 1835 / Alexander Nasmyth surgeon dentist 1848