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 - Hobuck (Hoboken, N.J.?), March 1779:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenear | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Abraham Ruton | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | George Webb | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sigths | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Coonrod Frisiner | ||
| Private | Francis Batey | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmion | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Richard Wanemaker | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | David Degrote | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackermin | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Philip Henriques | ||
| Private | Mathew Knaught | ||
| Private | Lodewick Fisher | ||
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Peter Wannemaker | ||
| Private | John Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | ||
| Private | William Sturr | ||
| Private | Frederick Bruce | ||
| Private | John Abell | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmion | ||
| Private | Caleb Lewick | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | Robert Clighorn | ||
| Private | Joseph Prior | ||
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blofield | ||
| Private | Thomas Smith | ||
| Private | William Fox | On Furlow Staten Island | |
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | John Shugt | A Recruit Jan. 29, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Timothy Colins | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | ||
| Private | William Brown | ||
| Private | John Conolly | Sick New York | |
| Private | Coonrod Hanselpacker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickles | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting | |
| Private | Richard Ackermin | Recruiting | |
| Private | Isaac Montonye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennett | Prisoner with ye 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. 1239.
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