Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, (No month given, possibly October), 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | Aug. 29, 1778, a Recruit | |
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Coenrad Fryziner | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | ||
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Joseph Hart | ||
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | John Able | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | On furlow in New York | |
| Private | Daniel Bailey | ||
| Private | Caleb Lewick | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | Joseph Prior | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Matthew Knegt | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner
Dec. 26, 1777 Not Subsisted from Dec. 6, 1776 to Dec. 24, 1777 |
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | John Connolly | With Major Browne | |
| Private | Charles Boot | ||
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden | |
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter with Capt. Robinson | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | Additional Gunner | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 |
Taken Prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not Subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 |
Taken Prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not Subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Henry Lawback | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Emaneal | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting
Country | |
| Private | Lodiwick Fisher | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Peter Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | William Sturr | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Samuel Conklin | Enlisted Oct 1, 1778 Recruit | |
| Private | John Blaufelt | Enlisted Oct 1, 1778 Recruit |
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. 1233.
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