CHAPTER I

ANCESTRY.--BIRTHPLACE

Isaac Ingalls Stevens, seventh in descent from John Stevens, 1, one of founders of Andover, Mass., 1640--Deacon Joseph, 2--Captain James, 3, captor of Louisburg; deputy to General Court--Lieutenant James, 4, raised company for French and Indian war; died in service--Jonathan, 5, Revolutionary soldier, Bunker Hill; other service; characteristics--His brother James's diary of siege of Boston--Isaac, 6, crippled by falling tree; marries Hannah Cummings,--her ancestry; hires Bridges farm; untiring industry and thrift; death of wife; second marriage; characteristics; children 1