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 - No place mentioned, but date is December, 1779:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Rutan | ||
| Lieutenant | James Servinear | ||
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | After orders | |
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Francis Baty | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacom Romine | ||
| Private | Nicholas Hemmion | ||
| Private | David Degroat | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Mathew Kneght | Has not drawn his bounty, Sick in New York | |
| Private | Lewis Fisher | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | Has not drawn his bounty, Furlow | |
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | Sick | |
| Private | George Hemmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmion | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | On ye Detachment | |
| Private | John Van Syle | Furlow | |
| Private | Samuel Demorest | Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Joseph Nash | ||
| Private | John Belew | ||
| Private | John Wilkeson | On ye Detachment | |
| Private | John Konnely | Sick New York | |
| Private | Coenradt Henselpecker | Furlow | |
| Private | John Sickels | Furlow | |
| Private | Philip Henriques | Deserted July 15, 1779 Returned Nov. 9, 1779 | |
| Private | Francis Smith | Deserted | |
| Private | John Blauvelt | Deserted | |
| Private | William Fox | Deserted | |
| Private | William Smith | Deserted | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Peter Smith | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | John Page | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Sturr | Prisoner with rebels Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner with rebels Has not drawn his bounty | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Coonradt Frisenger | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montanye | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Henry Laubach | Prisoner with rebels | |
| Private | Mathew Bennit | Prisoner with rebels |
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. 1247.
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