Mercy Bloomer Strong

Mercy Bloomer Strong was born on June 3, 1763 in New Salem Hamlet, New Scotland, Albany County, New York. She was the second child of Reuben Bloomer (1736-1824) and Susanna Paddock Bloomer (1739-1831). Her siblings were: Susanna Bloomer (d. 1801), Coles Bloomer (1770-1777), and Robert Paddock Bloomer (1780-1862). Reuben Bloomer was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and early settler of Dorset, Vermont, where Mercy was married to Samuel Strong on Feb. 8, 1787.

Gen. Samuel Strong was born on July 17, 1762 in Salisbury, Connecticut to John and Agnes Strong. His father was Gen. John Strong of Addison, Vermont (Aug. 16, 1738-June 16, 1816); his mother was Agnes McCure (April 2, 1739-March 3, 1829) who was born in Salisbury, Connecticut to John McCure, who had been a wealthy landowner in Edinburg, Scotland but came to Connecticut in 1715 after being implicated in the Scottish Rebellion of 1715. Gen. Samuel Strong is best known for commanding the Vermont militia in the Battle of Plattsburg in 1814. He ran as a Federalist for governor of Vermont in 1816.

Charles Kilbourne Strong, his brother, was in the State Dept. during the Civil War.

Marcy Bloomer (1763-1852) married Samuel Strong (1762-1832) in Dorset, Vermont on August 24, 1852. Their children were Mary Polly Strong Hopkins (1788-1836), Clara Strong Woodbridge (1789-1846), Susan Bloomer Strong (1791-1854), Maria Strong (1801-1803), Samuel Paddock Strong (1793-1864), and Electa Strong Smith (1794-1867). In 1796, they built a large Federal Period house in Vergennes, which is on the National Historic Register. Marcy Bloomer Strong died on August 24, 1852 and is buried in Vergennes, along with her husband Samuel.