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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...

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.

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