Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruttan's Company in the 4th Battalion
of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Colonel Bushkirk (Abraham) -
Staten Island, November 18, 1777:
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| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | William Van Orden | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Sergeant | Allibert Ackerman | Dec. 7, 1776 | Recruiting Sergeant |
| Sergeant | James Fox | Dec. 7, 1776 | Sick in Regiment Hospital |
| Corporal | Peter Ramsey | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Corporal | Rynard Prickman | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Corporal | Peter Rithner | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Drums | Abraham Ackerman | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Nicholass Hemeon | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Nicholass Counrate | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Jacob Hemeon | Dec. 7, 1776 | Sick in General Hospital |
| Private | George Hemeon | Dec. 7, 1776 | Guard |
| Private | Adem Hemeon | Dec. 7, 1776 | Deserted |
| Private | George Bruce | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Dirck Wannamaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | David Degroat | Dec. 7, 1776 | On Command Recruiting |
| Private | John Frysiner | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Counrate Frysiner | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Nautes Staker | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | William Ramsey | Dec. 7, 1776 | On Command Recruiting |
| Private | Able Rithner | Dec. 7, 1776 | |
| Private | Nicholass Sites | Dec. 7, 1776 | On Command as a Taylor |
| Private | Baltas Shumaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Sick in General Hospital |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | Christopher Niex | Jan. 22, 1777 | Sick in Regiment Hospital |
| Private | George Fox | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | William Fox | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | Connrate H. Packer | Jan. 22, 1777 | On Command as a Taylor |
| Private | Philip H. Packer | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | John Bruce | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | Benjamin Bush | Mar. 10, 1777 | |
| Private | James Stourer | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | Peter Smith | May 29, 1777 | |
| Private | Henry Shults | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | Connrate Wannamaker | Jan. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | John Hopper | Apr. 22, 1777 | |
| Private | George Smith | May 29, 1777 | |
| Private | William Bond | Dec. 7, 1776 | Unfit for Service |
| Private | Lewis Fisher | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Matthew Knaulgh | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | William Winter | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | William Sturr | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Henry Wannamaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Peter Wannamaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | John Wannamaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Nicholas Wannamaker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Henry Lawback | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Samuel Demerist | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Henry Manuel Jr. | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | David Bayard | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 29 Dec. 1776 |
| Private | Peter Slithye | Dec. 7, 1776 | Taken prisoner 22 Aug.1777 |
| Private | Connrate Baker | Dec. 7, 1776 | Deceased 11 March 1777 |
| Private | Michael Sturr | Jan. 22, 1777 | Deceased 1 May 1777 |
| Private | Peter Nix | Jan. 22, 1777 | Deceased 10 July 1777 |
| Private | Martin Myers | Dec. 7, 1776 | Deceased 20 July 1777 |
Note on Dirck Wannamaker (Richard Wannamaker): Dirck Wannamaker 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. 1221.
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