Operation and the home was passed down through several generations of the myers family. We toured to see the furnishings and learn what life was like the prominent merchant family. Hello. Welcome to the moses myers house. Moses myers was born in new york city in 1752 and he made his fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and as a direct result of his efforts, he unfortunately suffered his first bankruptcy. That bankruptcy that caused him to move away from new york city here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose perfect for three important reasons. Norfolk was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was very important in his business life. Norfolk had been burnt to the ground during the american revolution. We were rebuilding and he was it was ag his life, so good match. And thirdly and probably most important, virginia had just passed to be statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be importa
Welcome to the mosys myers house. Mosys myers was born in new york aty and 1752 and he made fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and thats it direct result of his efforts to supply the american cause during the revolution, he. Uffered his first bankruptcy that bankruptcy that caused him to move away from your city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was important to him. Secondly, it had been burned to the ground during the American Revolution and they were rebuilding and he was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most , he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be important to him and his new wife because they were jewish. They moved to norfolk, virginia in 1787, becoming norfolks First Permanent jewish residents. They es
They maintained a large shipping operation and the home was passed them through several generations of the myers family. We too are the house to see many of the original furnishings and ar what life was like the prominent merchant family. Welcome to the moses myers house. Moses myers was born in york city in 1752 and he made a fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and as an effort to supply them, he suffered his first bankruptcy. That bankruptcy that caused him to move away from new york city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was very important to him in his business life. Secondly, norfolk had been burned to the ground during the american revolution, and we were rebuilding. He was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most importantly to moses myers, when he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a st
House. Moses myers was born in new york city in 1752. He made his fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran. As a direct result of his efforts to supply the american cause during the revolution, he unfortunately suffered his first bankruptcy. Caused himptcy that to move away from york city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three important reasons. Norfolk was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was very important to him in his business life. Norfolk had been burned to the ground during the american revolution. We were rebuilding. He was rebuilding his life, so it was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most importantly to moses myers, when he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed the statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be important to moses and his new bride because they were jewish. Moved to norfolk in 1787, becoming norfolks First Permanent jewish