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 - No place or date, but possibly August, 1779):
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | Prisoner with ye Rebels Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Ensign | Philip Cortland | On Long Island | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giezen | Sick in barracks | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wannemaker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | Absent with leave New York | |
| Private | Nicholas Himmeum | ||
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Mathew Kneght | ||
| Private | Lewis Fisher | ||
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | On Guard | |
| Private | Philip Henriques | Deserted July 16, 1779 | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | John Van Syle | Absent with Leave On Duty | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blaufield | ||
| Private | William Fox | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | Joseph Nash | ||
| Private | John Bellyou | ||
| Private | John Wilkinson | ||
| Private | John Connolly | Sick at New York | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpacker | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | John Sickels | Taylor at Harlem | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Abraham Ruton | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | John Abel | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Smith | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | John Page | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | William Sturr | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Coenrad Frysiner | Taken prisoner Aug. 19, 1779 | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Jacob Montonyeh | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Winter | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | David Bayerd | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Henry Laubock | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Brown | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Matthew Bennit | Taken prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Caleb Lewick | Deserted July 14, 1779 | |
| Private | Thomas Smith | Deserted July 14, 1779 |
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. 1243.
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