Person:Isaac Stevens (10)

1718. Decemb. 14. Isaac Son of Joseph Stevens [baptized].

"The day following the killing at Northfield (August 14 [1723]) Deacon Joseph Stevens went along to his meadow, possibly the "ministry meadow", a half-mile to the northeast of the Rutland meeting-house. Later, he was followed to his work by his four boys. When they reached the meadow they were beset by Gray Lock [sachem of the Waranokes] and his band, who, coming upon them stealthily, killed two of them, Samuel and Joseph, instantly. The other two, Phineas and Isaac, were captured. The deacon, hearing the noise, at once discovered his own peril and the hopelessness of any effort of his to help his son; he made his escape into the woods, and thence to his house."

"The two prisoners were carried to Canada, where they were held in captivity for upwards of a year, and were not redeemed without great expense, and two journeys of Deacon Stevens to Canada..."

"Isaac Stevens being so young when taken captive, he soon acquired Indian habits, - was taught their warfare, and by fighting little Indian boys with lancnes, &c., his body was punctured and scarified. His squaw mother made so much of him, she won his affections, and he would willingly have tarried with the Indians.
"Mr. Stevens settled at Rutland, and on April 11, 1743, married Mercy, daughter of Capt. John Hubbard, by whom he had two children, John and Azubah. Mercy, wife of Isaac Stevens died August 27, 1746.
"Mr. Stevens married Abigail Parling, Sept. 7, 1748, by whom he had Luther, Jonas, Calvin, and Mary. Mr. Stevens died. Widow Stevens, on May 12, 1758, was married to Silas Rice."