Benjamin George Eyre (June 1, 1747 – July 11, 1789),[1] was a figure of the American Revolutionary War.
Eyre served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army,[2] commanding the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia.
[4] The Eyre family as a whole played a pivotal role in the war (most notably through their invaluable contributions to the U.S. Navy, which they essentially founded[5][6]) and Washington mentioned them several times in his personal correspondences.
[7] Benjamin Eyre was commissioned by the Continental Congress to build the frigate General Greene, a service for which he was paid 56,561 pounds.
[10] The punchbowl was loaned to the American Wing of New York's Metropolitan Museum in 1928 and donated by the surviving heirs in 1973.