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
Sept. 11, 1780:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | Under arrest in New York | |
| Lieutenant | James Servenear | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Ensign | Phillip Van Cortland | With leave on Long Island | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | Sick | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| 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 | Absent with leave New York | |
| Private | Georg Himmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Himmion | ||
| Private | Henery Wanmaker | ||
| Private | Lewick Fisher | Sick Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | Timothy Collens | ||
| Private | Francis Baty | ||
| Private | Conrod Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Wanmaker | ||
| Private | John Vansile | ||
| 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 | Robart Clighorn | On Southern Expedition | |
| Private | John Wilkenson | On Southern Expedition | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in Country | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Abraham Ruttan | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Stur | Prisoner with ye 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 Montanya | 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 |
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. 1255.
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