American Revolutionary War
Includes Men from Bergen County, New Jersey
Muster Roll of Captain Peter Ruttan's Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk Esqr.- Place not given. (Date not given, possibly January, 1779):
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sirvannier | ||
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | On Long Island by leave | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangeser | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | John Bellew | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Nicholas Himmion | ||
| Private | Samuel Demeray | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | George Himmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Himmion | ||
| Private | Henery Wanmaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collens | ||
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Lewick Fisher | ||
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | George Smith | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Private | William Rednor | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | On board Sloop Nipten | |
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Bortus New Housen | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | Frances Baty | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | William Crawford | Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Barnard Ryley | General Hospital | |
| Private | John Britt | ||
| Private | John Connely | With Major Brown | |
| Private | Thomas Wood | Deserted | |
| Private | Robart Clighorn | With Southern Army | |
| Private | John Wilkison | With Southern Army | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Sturr | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholus Wanmaker | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Richard Wanmaker | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Coonrod Frisinor | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montonye | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Henery Lawbock | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Abraham Ruttan | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | William Ramsey | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | David Degrote | Prisoner with the Rebels |
Note on Richard Wanmaker: 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. 1237.
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