Jehu Eyre or Ayer (January 10, 1738 – July 23, 1781) 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.