Eyre and Massey as one of the world's largest shipping companies, 1803-1845 (the time at which Manuel Eyre, Jr. died): [3]
Eyre and Massey was importing sugar from the East Indies in 1826, and a dispute over duties led representatives of the firm to appear before Congress's House Commerce Committee, with the Secretary of the Treasury himself eventually becoming involved: [4]
List of cities with which Eyre and Massey traded: [5]
Grant by Eyre and Massey for $100.00 in 1843 to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind: [6]
Manuel Eyre mentioned in the papers of the Lewis and Clark expedition (I have no idea why): [8]
In 1759, when he was only twenty-one years old, Jehu Eyre was commissioned by the King's army to build boats for the navigation of the Ohio River. [9]
Information on George Eyre and his ancestors, including connections to the Chamberlains and Plantagenets, among others: [10]
Manuel Eyre was a member of the Pennsylvania Committees of Correspondence: [11] This also includes detailed accounts of the actions of Gervaise Eyre and the other Eyres during the colonial and Revolutionary eras. This confirms George's descent from Gervaise; George's parentage of Jehu, Sr.; Jehu, Sr.'s parentage of Jehu, Jr.; and Jehu Jr.'s parentage of Anne (alternately known as Anna Marie, Anne Marie, Ann, or some variant therein).
Gervase Eyre sold Hope Estate to raise money for Charles I: [19]
Gervase Eyre was the great-grandfather to George Eyre: [20]
Details of Manuel Eyre, Jr.'s influence in politics: [21]
George Eyre married Mary Smith, daughter of the Hon. Samuel Smith of Burlington, New Jersey, in 1729; the Eyres also had indentured servants and/or slaves (unclear): [22]
Joseph Wright, artist who painted Benjamin Franklin, under guardianship of Manuel Eyre, Sr.: [23]
Manuel Eyre, Jr. was an ally of John Sergeant: [24]
Vanderslice family in America (has reference to Leroy and his marriage to Ella Madsen: [25]
Jehu Eyre provided loans to the Continental Congress: [26]
