American Revolutionary War
Includes Men from Bergen County, New Jersey
Muster Roll of Captain Peter Rutan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Staten Island, (No month given, possibly August or September), 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Rutan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVain | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | On Command New York | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Rutan | At ye Light House | |
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Pryor | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsay | ||
| Private | Peter Ridnor | ||
| Private | William Ramsay | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Nicholas Siths | Dead | |
| Private | Nicholas Hemion | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermin | On Guard | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Henry Shultis | Dead | |
| Private | John Brush (Bruce?) | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | Baltis Shoemaker | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Adam Hemion | On Furlow New York | |
| Private | Coonrod Frysiner | ||
| Private | William Fox | At Flag Staff | |
| Private | Jacob Hemion | ||
| Private | George Hemion | ||
| Private | David Degrote | ||
| Private | Joesph Hart | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick New York | |
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden
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| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Timothy Colins | ||
| Private | Mathew Knaght | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Francis Batty | Sick | |
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting | |
| Private | Francis Smith | With Artillery | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpaker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | Daniel Bailey | July 11, 1778 | |
| Private | Charles Boot | Sick on Staten Island | |
| Private | Caleb Lewick | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | John Page | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | July 27, 1778 | |
| Private | John Ackerson | On Furlow | |
| Private | William Smith | On Furlow | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henry Lawback | 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 Mouris | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennet | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | George Webb |
Note on Richard Wannemaker: 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. 1231.
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