His brother Jehu would marry Mary's sister Lydia on December 28 of the same year.
During the Revolution, the first ships built in the U.S. Navy were commissioned from the Eyres, the earliest being the gunboat Bull Dog, Philadelphia-built in August 1775.
[4][5][6] After the war, he became a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature[7] and continued to build on his business interests.
One historian writes that, "Their vessels were known in almost every principal port of Europe and Asia, besides the United States and West Indian Islands ... [the company] held extensive mercantile intercourse with all parts of the world.
"[7] James Monroe, the fourth President of the United States, was an acquaintance of Manuel Eyre and spoke of him in his correspondence.