Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruttan's Company in the 4th Battalion
of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk Esq. -
Staten Island
July 14, 1780:
Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
Captain | Peter Ruttan | Under arrest in New York | |
Lieutenant | James Servinear | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | With leave on Long Island | |
Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | ||
Sergeant | William Bell | ||
Sergeant | George Webb | Sick in Quarters | |
Corporal | John Hopper | ||
Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
Corporal | Peter Wanmaker | ||
Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
Private | Jacob Romine | ||
Private | John Sickels | ||
Private | Peter Rednor | ||
Private | Nicholus Himion | ||
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 | Francis Baty | ||
Private | Conrad Hanselpacker | ||
Private | Lewick Fisher | ||
Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
Private | John Wanmaker | ||
Private | John Van Sile | ||
Private | David Degrote | ||
Private | George Smith | ||
Private | William Rednor | ||
Private | John Bellew | ||
Private | Nautus Staker | ||
Private | Peter Smith | ||
Private | Barthus Newhousen | ||
Private | Stephen Foster | ||
Private | John Page | ||
Private | John Connely | With Major Brown | |
Private | John Wilkenson | On Southern Expedition | |
Private | Robart Clighorn | On Southern Expedition | |
Private | Abraham Rutan | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | John Abel | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | William Stur | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
Private | Nicholus Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Richard Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Conrad Frisnor | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | William Brown | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Jacob Montanye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | William Winter | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | David Byard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Henery Lawbock | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | William Ramsey | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
Private | William Smith | Recruiting in Country | |
Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in Country | |
Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in Country |
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. 1253.
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