Muster Roll of Captain Peter Rutan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, (No month given, possibly August or September), 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Rutan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVain | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | On Command New York | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Rutan | At ye Light House | |
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Pryor | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsay | ||
| Private | Peter Ridnor | ||
| Private | William Ramsay | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Nicholas Siths | Dead | |
| Private | Nicholas Hemion | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermin | On Guard | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Henry Shultis | Dead | |
| Private | John Brush (Bruce?) | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | Baltis Shoemaker | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemion | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Coonrod Frysiner | ||
| Private | William Fox | At Flag Staff | |
| Private | Jacob Hemion | ||
| Private | George Hemion | ||
| Private | David Degrote | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick New York | |
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden
| |
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Timothy Colins | ||
| Private | Mathew Knaght | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Francis Batty | Sick | |
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting | |
| Private | Francis Smith | With Artillery | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpaker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Daniel Bailey | July 11, 1778 | |
| Private | Charles Boot | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Caleb Lewick | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | John Page | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | John Ackerson | On Furlow | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Lawback | 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 Mouris | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennet | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | George Webb |
Note on Richard Wannemaker: Richard 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. 1231.
For more Loyalist Muster Rolls, be sure to check out The Olive Tree Genealogy Homepage by Lorine McGinnis Schulze.
|
|
|
|
|