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:
Rank Names Enlistment Reason Absent Captain Peter Ruttan LieutenantJames 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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