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, (No month given, possibly October), 1778:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | ||
| Ensign | Colin McVean | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Corporal | William Bond | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpecker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | Aug. 29, 1778, a Recruit | |
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Coenrad Fryziner | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | ||
| Private | George Webb | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Joseph Hart | ||
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | John Able | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | On furlow in New York | |
| Private | Daniel Bailey | ||
| Private | Caleb Lewick | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | Joseph Prior | Sick in Quarters | |
| Private | John Van Syle | ||
| Private | Matthew Knegt | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner
Dec. 26, 1777 Not Subsisted from Dec. 6, 1776 to Dec. 24, 1777 |
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | John Connolly | With Major Browne | |
| Private | Charles Boot | ||
| Private | George Cope | With Capt. Hayden | |
| Private | William Fox | Carpenter with Capt. Robinson | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpecker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | Additional Gunner | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 |
Taken Prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not Subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 |
Taken Prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not Subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Henry Lawback | Prisoner | |
| Private | Henry Emaneal | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Cole | Prisoner | |
| Private | Jacob Morris | Prisoner | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner | |
| Private | David Bayard | Prisoner | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting
Country | |
| Private | Lodiwick Fisher | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Peter Wannemaker | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | William Sturr | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Enlisted Dec. 6, 1776 | Taken prisoner Dec. 20, 1776, Returned Oct. 2, 1778 Not subsisted nor received bounty |
| Private | Samuel Conklin | Enlisted Oct 1, 1778 Recruit | |
| Private | John Blaufelt | Enlisted Oct 1, 1778 Recruit |
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. 1233.
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