Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruttan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk Esqr.- Place not given. (Date not given, possibly January, 1779):
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sirvannier | ||
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | On Long Island by leave | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangeser | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | John Bellew | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Nicholas Himmion | ||
| Private | Samuel Demeray | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | George Himmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Himmion | ||
| Private | Henery Wanmaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collens | ||
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Lewick Fisher | ||
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | George Smith | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Private | William Rednor | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Bortus New Housen | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | Frances Baty | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | William Crawford | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Barnard Ryley | General Hospital | |
| Private | John Britt | ||
| Private | John Connely | With Major Brown | |
| Private | Thomas Wood | Deserted | |
| Private | Robart Clighorn | With Southern Army | |
| Private | John Wilkison | With Southern Army | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Sturr | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholus Wanmaker | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Richard Wanmaker | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Coonrod Frisinor | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montonye | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Henery Lawbock | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Abraham Ruttan | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Ramsey | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | David Degrote | Prisoner with the Rebels |
Note on Richard Wanmaker: 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. 1237.
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