Muster Roll of Captain Peter Rutton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, December 30, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Rutton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVain | Recruiting | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesea | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Rutton | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | George Webb | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | Coonrad Frisiner | ||
| Private | Francis Batey | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmion | ||
| Private | Peter Ridnor | Guard | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Guard | |
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | David Degrote | Sick | |
| Private | Abraham Ackermin | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Joseph Hart | Guard | |
| Private | Mathew Knaught | ||
| Private | Lodewick Fisher | ||
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Peter Wannemaker | ||
| Private | John Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | ||
| Private | William Sturr | ||
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Timothy Colins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmion | ||
| Private | Philip Lewick | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | Joseph Prior | a (?) | |
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blofield | ||
| Private | Thomas Smith | Nov 2, 1778 | |
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter with C(Capt.) Robinson | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpacker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickles | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | William Ramsey | P (?) | Sick |
| Private | Jacob Romine | Sick | |
| Private | Nautus Staker | P (?) Discharged | Sick |
| Private | John Bruce | Recruiting | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting | |
| Private | William Bond | Deserted | |
| Private | Daniel Bailey | Deserted | |
| Private | Charles Boot | Taken aboard His Majesty's Ship Foy by James Campbell Lieut. of the Marines | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner With Ye
Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner With Ye
Rebels | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner With Ye
Rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennett | Prisoner With Ye
Rebels | |
| Private | William Browne | Dec. 30, 1778 | |
| Private | George Coope |
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. 1235.
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