Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruttan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bushkirk (Abraham) - Staten Island, January 6, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Serveniear | ||
| Ensign | Colin MacVain | ||
| Sergeant | William Van Orden | Deceased Dec. 18,
1777 | |
| Sergeant | Albert Ackerman | Deceased Dec. 16, 1777 | |
| Sergeant | James Fox | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Sergeant | Matthew Knought | ||
| Sergeant | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Corporal | Renard Brickman | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Corporal | Peter Ridner | Sick in Quarters | |
| Drummer | William Coburn | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Abraham Ockerman | ||
| Private | Nicholas Counrate | ||
| Private | George Hemeon | ||
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | On C.M (command?) | |
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Fox | On C.M. (command?) | |
| Private | James Sturse | ||
| Private | Christepher Nix | Deceased Jan. 5, 1778 | |
| Private | Counrate Wannamaker | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | George Bruce | ||
| Private | Derick Wannamaker | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | Nicholas Sithe | ||
| Private | George Fox | ||
| Private | Henery Shults | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemeon | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | John Frysiner | Sick in General Hospital (crossed out) | |
| Private | Baltis Shumaker | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Nicholas Hemeon | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Counrate Frysiner | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Adam Hemeon | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Able Ridner | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Frederick Bruse | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | John Bruse | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | John Hopper | Sick in General Hospital | |
| Private | Counrate Hanselpecker | On Command | |
| Private | David Degroat | Recruiting | |
| Private | Benjamin Bush | Deceased Dec. 25, 1777 | |
| Private | George Blakney | Deceased Apr. 27, 1778 | |
| Private | Lewis Fisher | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | William Winter | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | William Sturr | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Henery Wannamaker | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Peter Wannamaker | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | John Wannamaker | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannamaker | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Henery Laubuck | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Henery Mondwell | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Jacob Moris | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | David Bayard | Taken prisoner Dec. 29, 1776 | |
| Private | Peter Slithye | Taken prisoner Aug. 22, 1777 |
Note on Derick 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. 1223.
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