Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commander Abraham Bushkirk - Staten Island, March 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Servenier | ||
| Sergeant | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Matthew Knegt | ||
| Sergeant | William Bond | ||
| Sergeant | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Corporal | Peter Ridner | Sick | |
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | On Guard | |
| Private | James Stuwis | ||
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Sythes | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | Derick Wandemaker (Wanamaker) |
See note below | |
| Private | Henry Shultis | ||
| Private | George Bruce | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Balthes Shumacker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemmeum | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Fryzyner | Sick in New York | |
| Private | William Fox | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | George Hemmeum | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | George Fox | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | David Degroot | On Furlow[sic] (Illegible notations after it) | |
| Private | Lodiwick Fisher | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | William Stirr | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | John Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Slythe | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Lawback | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Hemmeum | Discharged | |
| Private | Lawrance Ackerman | Discharged | |
| Private | Christian Pullis | Discharged | |
| Private | William Hanselpecker | Discharged | |
| Private | Nicholas Horrick | Discharged | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Discharged | |
| Private | Coenrad Wrap | Discharged | |
| Private | Peter Dulyee | Discharged | |
| Private | John Wheeler | Discharged | |
| Private | Philip Young | Discharged | |
| Private | Henry Ridner | Discharged | |
| Private | George Blakeny | Deserted | |
| Private | Conrad Baker | Dead | |
| Private | Michael Stirr | Dead | |
| Private | Peter Nix | Dead | |
| Private | Martin Meyers | Dead | |
| Private | Albert Ackerman | Dead | |
| Private | William Van Orden | Dead | |
| Private | James Fox | Dead | |
| Private | Benjamin Bush | Dead | |
| Private | Christopher Nix | Dead | |
| Private | Rhinehard Prickman | Dead | |
| Private | Nicholas Cornrad | Dead (Jan. 20, 1778) | |
| Private | John Fryziner | Dead (Jan. 20, 1778) | |
| Private | Abel Ridner | Dead (Feb. 26, 1778) | |
| Private | Conrad Wannemaker | Dead (March 1,
1778) | |
| Private | William Coburn | Dead (March 1,
1778) |
Note on Derick Wandemaker(Richard Wanamaker) Derrick(Richard) Wanamaker died in gaol in Philadelphia in 1780. His widow, Elizabeth, married a John Post, and settled in the Maugerville, New Brunswich, Canada area.
Transcribed by Donna Ristenbatt. From the New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, NJ. Loyalist Muster Rolls, Reel #232, Vol. 4. pg. 1225.
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