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