Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, July, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | Carpenter | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Matthew Knegt | With the
Artillery | |
| Drummer | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | Sick | |
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | James Sturee | Dead Jan. 17, 1778 (different date from last muster roll) | |
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | On Guard | |
| Private | Nicholas Sythe | Sick on Staten
Island | |
| Private | Nicholas Himmeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermun | ||
| Private | Derick Wannemaker | Sick on Staten
Island | |
| Private | Henry Shultis | Dead June 22,
1778 | |
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | ||
| Private | Balthes Shoemaker | On Furlow | |
| Private | Adam Himmeum | On Furlow | |
| Private | Coonrod Frisiner | ||
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpecker | On Command at New York Taylor | |
| Private | Jacob Himmeum | Carpenter | |
| Private | George Himmeum | Carpenter | |
| Private | David Degrot | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | ||
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden
N.Y. | |
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Taken prisoner Apr. 5,
1778 | |
| Private | Benjamin Tuttle | Deserted | |
| Private | Timothy Collien | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | Sick | |
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting-Deserted | |
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | John Sickells | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Samuel Curtis | Dead | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Lawbock | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Charles Butt |
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. 1229.
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