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
April 29, 1781:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruttan | Under arrest in New York | |
| Lieutenant | James Sirvennier | ||
| Ensign | Phillip Van Cortland | Absent by leave on Long Island | |
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | Samuel Vangesen | On Command to New York | |
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | On Board the Sloop Neptune | |
| Corporal | John Bellew | ||
| Corporal | Garret Hopper | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | Peter Rednor | ||
| Private | Nicholus Himmion | ||
| Private | Samuel Demeray | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | On Board the Sloop Neptune | |
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | George Himmion | ||
| Private | Jacob Himmion | ||
| Private | Henery Wanmaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Conrod Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | Lewick Fisher | ||
| Private | John Vansile | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | William Rednor | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | Peter Smith | ||
| Private | Bortus Newhousen | ||
| Private | John Britt | ||
| Private | Nautus Staker | Sick in Regiment Hospital | |
| Private | Barnard Ryley | On Board the Sloop Neptune | |
| Private | William Crawford | Enlisted by Capt. Buskirk 12 months ago |
Foot frost bitten Sent off |
| Private | Francis Baty | Dead Feb. 22, 1781 | |
| Private | John Connely | With Major Brown In New York | |
| Private | Robart Clighorn | Deserted with the Southern Army |
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| Private | John Wilkenson | With Southern Army | |
| Private | William Smith | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | Recruiting in the Country | |
| Private | William Stur | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Nicholus Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Richard Wanmaker | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Conrod Frisnor | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Jacob Montony | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Henery Lawback | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Matthew Bennett | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | Abraham Ruttan | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | William Ramsey | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | David Degrote | Prisoner with ye Rebels | |
| Private | John Abel | 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. 1259.
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