Myer Myers

Silversmith
Myer Myers was a dominant figure among a well-established community of silversmiths during the colonial era. He was born in 1723, and as a silversmith became a freeman of the City of New York on April 29, 1746. By November 1763 he was in partnership with Benjamin Halsted in the firm of Myers and Halsted, goldsmiths, advertising fancy goods, readymade plate, and jewelry for sale at their premises at the lower end of King Street. The firm made all sorts of work, in gold and silver, on a custom, made-to-order basis, whose clients included a broad range of New York society.

During the Revolutionary War his family joined other members of Congregation Shearith Israel in evacuating New York and taking refuge in Norwalk, Connecticut. By 1782, Mayers was living in Philadelphia. In 1783 he returned to New York where he was chairman of the Gold and Silversmiths Society in 1786.