GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY NOTES 13 



lady in Trenton she talked with General Mercer just 

 before he marched to his death at Princeton, and on 

 Christmas night in 1776 saw Washington depart for the 

 crossing of the Delaware. 



Valeria, daughter of Joanna Wardell and John Eatton, 

 married Pierre Le Conte, M.D., from whom were de- 

 scended John and Joseph Le Conte, both professors in 

 the University of California, and John L. Le Conte, the 

 distinguished entomologist of Philadelphia. 



Margaret Eatton, another daughter of John, married 

 John Berrien, from whom descended John Macpherson 

 Berrien of Georgia, once known as "the American Cicero," 

 Attorney General of the United States and one of the early 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Others notable in 

 this line are Admiral John Berrien Montgomery and Com- 

 modore J. M. Berrien of the United States Navy. 



From Elihu Spencer also descended John Sergeant, 

 member of Congress and candidate for Vice-president 

 with Henry Clay, in the presidential campaign of 1832; 

 and Thomas Sergeant, eminent in law, and a Justice of 

 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 



"The women of this family have generally been noted 

 for their varied accomplishments, strong common sense, 

 and in many instances great beauty. When thrown 

 upon their own resources they have exhibited remarkable 

 qualifications for business." 6 



Goode remarks in one of his manuscript notes that 

 Lydia Spencer was "a woman of fine executive powers 

 and a sunny and equable temperament." She was the 

 mother of three daughters. Lydia MacFunn Biddle, the 

 eldest, became the wife of Samuel Baird and the mother 



6 S. C. McCandless, Esq., of Pittsburgh, in letter to Prof. G. 

 Brown Goode on the genealogy of the Baird family. 



