Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, May, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | With leave at New York | |
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | With leave at New York | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | On Command in New York | |
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Matthew Knegt | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | James Turee | Deceased Apr. 24, 1778 | |
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Sithes | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hammeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | Guard | |
| Private | Derick Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Henry Shultis | ||
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | ||
| Private | Balthis Shomocker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemmeum | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Frysiner | Sick in New York | |
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romyne | ||
| Private | John Able | ||
| Private | Matthew Bennet | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Benjamin Tuttle | ||
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting-Deserted | |
| Private | Thomas Bagley | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Samuel Curtis | Deceased April 1778 | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Lawbock | Prisoner | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner |
Note on Derick Wannemaker (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. 1227.
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