Mathias Roeser

MATHIAS ROESER

Here from 1740 to 1771
lived one of colonial
American's most impor-
tant gunsmiths. His work
was central to the develop-
ment of the Pennsylvania
rifle. Other family mem-
bers and an apprentice,
William Henry Sr.,became
leading gunsmiths & sup-
plied arms to the patriot
cause in the Revolution.