Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - No place or date, but possibly August, 1779):
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | Prisoner with ye Rebels Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Ensign | Philip Cortland | On Long Island | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | Sick in barracks | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wannemaker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | Absent with leave New York | |
| Private | Nicholas Himmeum | ||
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Mathew Kneght | ||
| Private | Lewis Fisher | ||
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | On Guard | |
| Private | Philip Henriques | Deserted July 16, 1779 | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | Absent with Leave On Duty | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blaufield | ||
| Private | William Fox | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | Joseph Nash | ||
| Private | John Bellyou | ||
| Private | John Wilkinson | ||
| Private | John Connolly | Sick at New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpacker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Abraham Ruton | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | John Abel | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Smith | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | John Page | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | William Sturr | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Coenrad Frysiner | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Jacob Montonyeh | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Winter | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | David Bayerd | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Henry Laubock | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Brown | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Matthew Bennit | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Caleb Lewick | Deserted July 14, 1779 | |
| Private | Thomas Smith | Deserted July 14, 1779 |
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. 1243.
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