Jehu Eyre or Ayer was an American businessman, veteran of the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War, and member of the influential Eyre family, which played a major role in the American Revolution and the early Republic. Jehu's father George had emigrated to the New World in 1727; the family was descended from one of the oldest noble lines in England.
Jehu Eyre advised and fought alongside George Washington, with whom he crossed the Delaware in 1776.
Jehu Eyre tomb in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Burlington is a city situated on the banks of the Delaware River in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,743, a decrease of 177 (−1.8%) from the 9,920 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 184 (+1.9%) from the 9,736 counted in the 2000 census. The city, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
The High Street Historic District in Burlington
The original St. Mary's Episcopal church, built in 1703, is the oldest church in New Jersey.
This historic carriage house now houses the local tourism office in Burlington.
The historic William R. Allen School was originally built for the education of black children.