Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Hobuck (Hoboken, N.J.?), March 1779:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | George Webb | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sigths | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Coonrod Frisiner | ||
| Private | Francis Batey | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmion | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Richard Wanemaker | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | David Degrote | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermin | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Philip Henriques | ||
| 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 | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmion | ||
| Private | Caleb Lewick | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Robert Clighorn | ||
| Private | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blofield | ||
| Private | Thomas Smith | ||
| Private | William Fox | On Furlow Staten Island | |
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | John Shugt | A Recruit Jan. 29, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Timothy Colins | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | ||
| Private | William Brown | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick New York | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpacker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickles | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting | |
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennett | Prisoner with ye 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. 1239.
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