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 Fatton, 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.” 
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 
6S. C. McCandless, Esq., of Pittsburgh, in letter to Prof. G. 
Brown Goode on the genealogy of the Baird family. 
