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 Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, May, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | With leave at New York | |
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | With leave at New York | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | On Command in New York | |
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Matthew Knegt | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | James Turee | Deceased Apr. 24, 1778 | |
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Sithes | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hammeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | Guard | |
| Private | Derick Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Henry Shultis | ||
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | ||
| Private | Balthis Shomocker | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemmeum | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Frysiner | Sick in New York | |
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romyne | ||
| Private | John Able | ||
| Private | Matthew Bennet | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Benjamin Tuttle | ||
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting-Deserted | |
| Private | Thomas Bagley | Sick in New York Hospital | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Samuel Curtis | Deceased April 1778 | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Lawbock | Prisoner | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner |
Note on Derick Wannemaker (Richard Wannamaker): Dirck 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. 1227.
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