Was John Smyth, the earliest Baptist, influenced by the Anabaptists?

[John Smyth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smyth_(Baptist_minister)) , according to Bruce Shelley ([*CHPL*, 308](https://books.google.com/books?id=RbfVAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA308)) and Wikipedia, was the first of the English Baptists. An Anglican priest, he came to the conclusion that infant baptism was invalid and started a small Baptist congregation in 1609. However, this group was not the first to come to this conclusion; the [Anabaptists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptists) had been "rebaptizing" adults since at least the 1520s. And it appears that John Smyth was a "general," not "particular," Baptist, meaning his theology did not closely align with that of Reformed theology – another similarity with Anabaptism. So, my question is: **was John Smyth's view of baptism influenced by the Anabaptist movement?** That is: - Do we have any evidence from the writings of Smyth or his close associates that indicate that he had read and agreed with any Anabaptist writings prior to 1609? - What is the scholarly consensus on the source of Smyth's views? Was Anabaptism a factor? Or was his shift in views on paedobaptism truly a result of independent Bible study?