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 Esq. -
Staten Island
July 14, 1780:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | Under arrest in New York | |
| Lieutenant | James Servinear | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | With leave on Long Island | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | Sick in Quarters | |
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wanmaker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Nicholus Himion | ||
| 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 | Francis Baty | ||
| Private | Conrad Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Lewick Fisher | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Wanmaker | ||
| Private | John Van Sile | ||
| Private | David Degrote | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | William Rednor | ||
| Private | John Bellew | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Barthus Newhousen | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | John Page | ||
| Private | John Connely | With Major Brown | |
| Private | John Wilkenson | On Southern Expedition | |
| Private | Robart Clighorn | On Southern Expedition | |
| Private | Abraham Rutan | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Stur | Prisoner with the Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholus Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Richard Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Conrad Frisnor | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montanye | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henery Lawbock | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Ramsey | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in Country |
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. 1253.
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