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, July, 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | Carpenter | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Matthew Knegt | With the
Artillery | |
| Drummer | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | Sick | |
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | James Sturee | Dead Jan. 17, 1778 (different date from last muster roll) | |
| Private | Philip Hanselpecker | On Guard | |
| Private | Nicholas Sythe | Sick on Staten
Island | |
| Private | Nicholas Himmeum | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermun | ||
| Private | Derick Wannemaker | Sick on Staten
Island | |
| Private | Henry Shultis | Dead June 22,
1778 | |
| Private | John Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Sick in New York | |
| Private | Natheist Staker | ||
| Private | Balthes Shoemaker | On Furlow | |
| Private | Adam Himmeum | On Furlow | |
| Private | Coonrod Frisiner | ||
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpecker | On Command at New York Taylor | |
| Private | Jacob Himmeum | Carpenter | |
| Private | George Himmeum | Carpenter | |
| Private | David Degrot | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | ||
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden
N.Y. | |
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Taken prisoner Apr. 5,
1778 | |
| Private | Benjamin Tuttle | Deserted | |
| Private | Timothy Collien | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | Sick | |
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting-Deserted | |
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | John Sickells | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Samuel Curtis | Dead | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow - Deserted | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Lawbock | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Emanuel | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Charles Butt |
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. 1229.
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