Muster Roll of Captain Peter Rutan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - No place mentioned, but date is December, 1779:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Rutan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Servinear | ||
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | After orders | |
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Francis Baty | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacom Romine | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmion | ||
| Private | David Degroat | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Mathew Kneght | Has not drawn his bounty, Sick in New York | |
| Private | Lewis Fisher | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | Sick | |
| Private | George Hemmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmion | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | On ye Detachment | |
| Private | John Van Syle | Furlow | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Joseph Nash | ||
| Private | John Belew | ||
| Private | John Wilkeson | On ye Detachment | |
| Private | John Konnely | Sick New York | |
| Private | Coenradt Henselpecker | Furlow | |
| Private | John Sickels | Furlow | |
| Private | Philip Henriques | Deserted July 15, 1779 Returned Nov. 9, 1779 | |
| Private | Francis Smith | Deserted | |
| Private | John Blauvelt | Deserted | |
| Private | William Fox | Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | Deserted | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Peter Smith | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | John Page | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Sturr | Prisoner with rebels Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with rebels Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Coonradt Frisenger | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montanye | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Henry Laubach | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennit | Prisoner with rebels |
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. 1247.
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