Isaac, [son of Joseph & Prudence (Rice) Stevens], captured by Indians in 1723; married April 11, 1743, Mercy Hubbard, daughter of Captain John Hubbard; married (second) Abigail Parling in 1748.
Isaac Stevens being so young when taken captive, he soon acquired Indian habits, -- was taught their warfare, and by fighting little Indian boys with lances, &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.
↑ Based on the gap in births; he was old enough to go with his brothers to the hayfield, where he would be taken captive; and "being so young when taken captive, he soon acquired Indian habits."S2 This statement indicates it would have been highly unlikely for him to have been one of the older brothers.
