Lewis Lambert Smith was the oldest son of English loyalists Capt. David Smith and Rebecca Lombard. He was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts at the verge of the American Revolution.
When he was about 13 years old, his family immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the first English residents on Port Hood Island which was at that time a wild hinterland. Only a few years later when Lewis was 17, he was out seal hunting with his father, brothers and their dog King, when his father was accidentally drowned. The sons found themselves stranded on a piece of ice that was floating away from their home. They survived the ordeal but on his return, Lewis became the man in the family and had all his younger siblings looking up to him for protection and support. They were true pioneers living off the land and sea.
Tradition says he and his brothers pastured cattle in the Hillsborough area before settling in Mabou. When he was about 25 years old, in 1796, he became one of the first land owners in the area of Mabou. It would later be known as Smithville. This is why sources confuse Mabou/Hillsborough/Smithville. Crown Land Grant Maps of Cape Breton #108 confirm the precise location. 1796 was also probably the year he married to Christiana Worth because their first child was born one year later. Christiana was a daughter of loyalist parents from New Jersey who had immigrated to Nova Scotia.
In 1813 Lewis is found on the Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List with his wife and 8 children. They have the 2nd largest family on the list. He also had the largest stock listed with twenty-two cattle and thirty sheep.
Lewis and Christiana's family was faithful and they prospered. In 1818, the very first Presbyterian church service for the area was held in their home. Lewis' father-in-law Benjamin had encouraged Rev. James MacGregor to come to the area. Many Presbyterians from Mabou had grown up never having heard a sermon in their lifetime, so this was a matter of great interest.
In 1822, his mother died. In her will, he is named as son and appointed co-executor of her estate. Lewis was also recorded as the treasurer of the Mabou branch of the Nova Scotia Bible Society in 1824. It is said that Lewis had a solid conviction that no work should be done on the Sabbath.
He lived a long life but at age 75 was tragically killed by a bull.
SOURCES:
-His birth registration in the Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts
-The last will and testament of Rebecca Smith
-1813 Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List
-Cape Breton Island Petitions at Nova Scotia Archives for Lewis L. Smith 1815
-Cape Breton Island Census Rolls 1818
-Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838
-Nova Scotia Crown Land Grant Map #108
-“The Smiths of Cape Breton”, by Perley Watts Smith, 1967,Chapter 4
-"Mabou Pioneers", A.D. MacDonald, 1977 -pg 654
-"History of Inverness County", by J.L. MacDougall, 1922, pg. 309
-"History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton", by Rev John Murray, 1921 -pgs 81-82
-"Ancestors Unlimited" - The Participaper Vol 35 No 4 (Sept Oct Nov Issue 2014), by Dr. Jim St. Clair
-“The Consolidated Genealogies of the Ralph Smith Family”, by Ralph S. Bloise, 1992, pg. 54
-"Cape Breton Over", by Clara Dennis, 1942, pg. 269
-"Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin", by Elva Ethel Jackson, 1971, pg. 121
-"The Well-watered Garden: The Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton, 1798-1860" By Laurie C. C. Stanley, 1983
-"Sidney Earle Smith", by Edward Annand Corbett, 1961
When he was about 13 years old, his family immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the first English residents on Port Hood Island which was at that time a wild hinterland. Only a few years later when Lewis was 17, he was out seal hunting with his father, brothers and their dog King, when his father was accidentally drowned. The sons found themselves stranded on a piece of ice that was floating away from their home. They survived the ordeal but on his return, Lewis became the man in the family and had all his younger siblings looking up to him for protection and support. They were true pioneers living off the land and sea.
Tradition says he and his brothers pastured cattle in the Hillsborough area before settling in Mabou. When he was about 25 years old, in 1796, he became one of the first land owners in the area of Mabou. It would later be known as Smithville. This is why sources confuse Mabou/Hillsborough/Smithville. Crown Land Grant Maps of Cape Breton #108 confirm the precise location. 1796 was also probably the year he married to Christiana Worth because their first child was born one year later. Christiana was a daughter of loyalist parents from New Jersey who had immigrated to Nova Scotia.
In 1813 Lewis is found on the Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List with his wife and 8 children. They have the 2nd largest family on the list. He also had the largest stock listed with twenty-two cattle and thirty sheep.
Lewis and Christiana's family was faithful and they prospered. In 1818, the very first Presbyterian church service for the area was held in their home. Lewis' father-in-law Benjamin had encouraged Rev. James MacGregor to come to the area. Many Presbyterians from Mabou had grown up never having heard a sermon in their lifetime, so this was a matter of great interest.
In 1822, his mother died. In her will, he is named as son and appointed co-executor of her estate. Lewis was also recorded as the treasurer of the Mabou branch of the Nova Scotia Bible Society in 1824. It is said that Lewis had a solid conviction that no work should be done on the Sabbath.
He lived a long life but at age 75 was tragically killed by a bull.
SOURCES:
-His birth registration in the Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts
-The last will and testament of Rebecca Smith
-1813 Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List
-Cape Breton Island Petitions at Nova Scotia Archives for Lewis L. Smith 1815
-Cape Breton Island Census Rolls 1818
-Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838
-Nova Scotia Crown Land Grant Map #108
-“The Smiths of Cape Breton”, by Perley Watts Smith, 1967,Chapter 4
-"Mabou Pioneers", A.D. MacDonald, 1977 -pg 654
-"History of Inverness County", by J.L. MacDougall, 1922, pg. 309
-"History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton", by Rev John Murray, 1921 -pgs 81-82
-"Ancestors Unlimited" - The Participaper Vol 35 No 4 (Sept Oct Nov Issue 2014), by Dr. Jim St. Clair
-“The Consolidated Genealogies of the Ralph Smith Family”, by Ralph S. Bloise, 1992, pg. 54
-"Cape Breton Over", by Clara Dennis, 1942, pg. 269
-"Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin", by Elva Ethel Jackson, 1971, pg. 121
-"The Well-watered Garden: The Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton, 1798-1860" By Laurie C. C. Stanley, 1983
-"Sidney Earle Smith", by Edward Annand Corbett, 1961
Lewis Lambert Smith was the oldest son of English loyalists Capt. David Smith and Rebecca Lombard. He was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts at the verge of the American Revolution.
When he was about 13 years old, his family immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the first English residents on Port Hood Island which was at that time a wild hinterland. Only a few years later when Lewis was 17, he was out seal hunting with his father, brothers and their dog King, when his father was accidentally drowned. The sons found themselves stranded on a piece of ice that was floating away from their home. They survived the ordeal but on his return, Lewis became the man in the family and had all his younger siblings looking up to him for protection and support. They were true pioneers living off the land and sea.
Tradition says he and his brothers pastured cattle in the Hillsborough area before settling in Mabou. When he was about 25 years old, in 1796, he became one of the first land owners in the area of Mabou. It would later be known as Smithville. This is why sources confuse Mabou/Hillsborough/Smithville. Crown Land Grant Maps of Cape Breton #108 confirm the precise location. 1796 was also probably the year he married to Christiana Worth because their first child was born one year later. Christiana was a daughter of loyalist parents from New Jersey who had immigrated to Nova Scotia.
In 1813 Lewis is found on the Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List with his wife and 8 children. They have the 2nd largest family on the list. He also had the largest stock listed with twenty-two cattle and thirty sheep.
Lewis and Christiana's family was faithful and they prospered. In 1818, the very first Presbyterian church service for the area was held in their home. Lewis' father-in-law Benjamin had encouraged Rev. James MacGregor to come to the area. Many Presbyterians from Mabou had grown up never having heard a sermon in their lifetime, so this was a matter of great interest.
In 1822, his mother died. In her will, he is named as son and appointed co-executor of her estate. Lewis was also recorded as the treasurer of the Mabou branch of the Nova Scotia Bible Society in 1824. It is said that Lewis had a solid conviction that no work should be done on the Sabbath.
He lived a long life but at age 75 was tragically killed by a bull.
SOURCES:
-His birth registration in the Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts
-The last will and testament of Rebecca Smith
-1813 Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List
-Cape Breton Island Petitions at Nova Scotia Archives for Lewis L. Smith 1815
-Cape Breton Island Census Rolls 1818
-Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838
-Nova Scotia Crown Land Grant Map #108
-“The Smiths of Cape Breton”, by Perley Watts Smith, 1967,Chapter 4
-"Mabou Pioneers", A.D. MacDonald, 1977 -pg 654
-"History of Inverness County", by J.L. MacDougall, 1922, pg. 309
-"History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton", by Rev John Murray, 1921 -pgs 81-82
-"Ancestors Unlimited" - The Participaper Vol 35 No 4 (Sept Oct Nov Issue 2014), by Dr. Jim St. Clair
-“The Consolidated Genealogies of the Ralph Smith Family”, by Ralph S. Bloise, 1992, pg. 54
-"Cape Breton Over", by Clara Dennis, 1942, pg. 269
-"Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin", by Elva Ethel Jackson, 1971, pg. 121
-"The Well-watered Garden: The Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton, 1798-1860" By Laurie C. C. Stanley, 1983
-"Sidney Earle Smith", by Edward Annand Corbett, 1961
When he was about 13 years old, his family immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the first English residents on Port Hood Island which was at that time a wild hinterland. Only a few years later when Lewis was 17, he was out seal hunting with his father, brothers and their dog King, when his father was accidentally drowned. The sons found themselves stranded on a piece of ice that was floating away from their home. They survived the ordeal but on his return, Lewis became the man in the family and had all his younger siblings looking up to him for protection and support. They were true pioneers living off the land and sea.
Tradition says he and his brothers pastured cattle in the Hillsborough area before settling in Mabou. When he was about 25 years old, in 1796, he became one of the first land owners in the area of Mabou. It would later be known as Smithville. This is why sources confuse Mabou/Hillsborough/Smithville. Crown Land Grant Maps of Cape Breton #108 confirm the precise location. 1796 was also probably the year he married to Christiana Worth because their first child was born one year later. Christiana was a daughter of loyalist parents from New Jersey who had immigrated to Nova Scotia.
In 1813 Lewis is found on the Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List with his wife and 8 children. They have the 2nd largest family on the list. He also had the largest stock listed with twenty-two cattle and thirty sheep.
Lewis and Christiana's family was faithful and they prospered. In 1818, the very first Presbyterian church service for the area was held in their home. Lewis' father-in-law Benjamin had encouraged Rev. James MacGregor to come to the area. Many Presbyterians from Mabou had grown up never having heard a sermon in their lifetime, so this was a matter of great interest.
In 1822, his mother died. In her will, he is named as son and appointed co-executor of her estate. Lewis was also recorded as the treasurer of the Mabou branch of the Nova Scotia Bible Society in 1824. It is said that Lewis had a solid conviction that no work should be done on the Sabbath.
He lived a long life but at age 75 was tragically killed by a bull.
SOURCES:
-His birth registration in the Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts
-The last will and testament of Rebecca Smith
-1813 Service Roll of the Second Regiment of the Cape Breton Militia List
-Cape Breton Island Petitions at Nova Scotia Archives for Lewis L. Smith 1815
-Cape Breton Island Census Rolls 1818
-Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838
-Nova Scotia Crown Land Grant Map #108
-“The Smiths of Cape Breton”, by Perley Watts Smith, 1967,Chapter 4
-"Mabou Pioneers", A.D. MacDonald, 1977 -pg 654
-"History of Inverness County", by J.L. MacDougall, 1922, pg. 309
-"History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton", by Rev John Murray, 1921 -pgs 81-82
-"Ancestors Unlimited" - The Participaper Vol 35 No 4 (Sept Oct Nov Issue 2014), by Dr. Jim St. Clair
-“The Consolidated Genealogies of the Ralph Smith Family”, by Ralph S. Bloise, 1992, pg. 54
-"Cape Breton Over", by Clara Dennis, 1942, pg. 269
-"Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin", by Elva Ethel Jackson, 1971, pg. 121
-"The Well-watered Garden: The Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton, 1798-1860" By Laurie C. C. Stanley, 1983
-"Sidney Earle Smith", by Edward Annand Corbett, 1961
Inscription
Sacred
To the Memory of
LEWIS L. SMITH
A native of Cape Cod in
The State of Massachu-
setts and for fifty years
a resident of Mabou
He was accidentally kill-
ed on the 15th day of May
AD 1846
At the age of 75 years
Be ye also ready
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Please note there are 4 more children for Lewis L. and Christiana Smith not yet connected on Find-a-Grave. They are Harding, David, Benjamin and Rebecca MacKeen (Smith).
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