American Revolutionary War
Includes Men from Bergen County, New Jersey
Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruton's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commander Abraham Bushkirk - Staten Island, March 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Servenier | ||
| Sergeant | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Matthew Knegt | ||
| Sergeant | William Bond | ||
| Sergeant | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Corporal | Peter Ridner | Sick | |
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | On Guard | |
| Private | James Stuwis | ||
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Sythes | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | Derick Wandemaker (Wanamaker) |
See note below | |
| Private | Henry Shultis | ||
| Private | George Bruce | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Balthes Shumacker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemmeum | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Fryzyner | Sick in New York | |
| Private | William Fox | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | George Hemmeum | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | George Fox | On Command Carpenter | |
| Private | David Degroot | On Furlow[sic] (Illegible notations after it) | |
| Private | Lodiwick Fisher | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | William Stirr | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | John Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannamaker | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Peter Slythe | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Lawback | Prisoner with Ye Rebels[sic] | |
| Private | Henry Hemmeum | Discharged | |
| Private | Lawrance Ackerman | Discharged | |
| Private | Christian Pullis | Discharged | |
| Private | William Hanselpecker | Discharged | |
| Private | Nicholas Horrick | Discharged | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Discharged | |
| Private | Coenrad Wrap | Discharged | |
| Private | Peter Dulyee | Discharged | |
| Private | John Wheeler | Discharged | |
| Private | Philip Young | Discharged | |
| Private | Henry Ridner | Discharged | |
| Private | George Blakeny | Deserted | |
| Private | Conrad Baker | Dead | |
| Private | Michael Stirr | Dead | |
| Private | Peter Nix | Dead | |
| Private | Martin Meyers | Dead | |
| Private | Albert Ackerman | Dead | |
| Private | William Van Orden | Dead | |
| Private | James Fox | Dead | |
| Private | Benjamin Bush | Dead | |
| Private | Christopher Nix | Dead | |
| Private | Rhinehard Prickman | Dead | |
| Private | Nicholas Cornrad | Dead (Jan. 20, 1778) | |
| Private | John Fryziner | Dead (Jan. 20, 1778) | |
| Private | Abel Ridner | Dead (Feb. 26, 1778) | |
| Private | Conrad Wannemaker | Dead (March 1,
1778) | |
| Private | William Coburn | Dead (March 1,
1778) |
Note on Derick Wandemaker(Richard Wanamaker) Derrick(Richard) Wanamaker 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. 1225.
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