Loyalist Muster Roll of 1778
being the
"LOYALISTS OF RENSSELAER MANOR AT BENNINGTON, 16 AUGUST, 1777"

Lieutenant [later Colonel] Francis Pfister recruited 318 men from the
East Manor of Rensselaer, New York and Pownal, Vermont
who fought as Loyalists with Baum's German troops
at Walloomsac on 16 August 1777.

Of that number, 106 either were killed or were taken prisoner,
according to the petition of John Macomb, who was Pfister's father-in-law.
The survivors were then put under the command of Captain Samuel McKay and
later were adjudged to Major Leake.
Some of these men requested transfers to James Rogers's Corps of King's Rangers
from Leake's unit, viz:
Henry Young, jr., a. k. a. John Henry Young, and brothers Peter Young and Stephen Young.
Finally, on 12 November 1781, the men were absorbed into
the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rangers of New York, by order of
General Frederick Haldimand.

The following muster lists detail the men from the districts surrounding the battle site
who took part in this historic event, many of whom never returned to their homes again.

Haldimand Papers - Reel 85, page 21,827

"We the Subscribers do by these presents
Acknowledge to have been engaged in the
Corps of Volunteers raised by the
Late Colonel Francis Phister of Hosack, and now
Commanded by Cap't. Samuel McKay for the
Purpose of Restoring Constitutional Government in America;
and to serve until we can
Return to our Habitations with Safety;
as witness our Hands at Chataugaye 14th April 1778."

James Brown	Phillip Sipperli
Hercules Cronkhite	Michael Smith
John Haner	Jacob Haner
Paulus James	Jacob Brust
Jacob Coons	John File
James Morrison	Jacob Snyder
Henry Dick	Lodowyck Snyder
Christoper Catcheback	Jacob Coons, jr.
David Coons	John Gardinier
David Forbes	Martinus Cammel
Christopher Kellnor	Frederick Wearing
David Hartman	David Haner
Joshua Eibe	George Finkle, jr.
John Cornelius	John Benn
Henry Ploss	William Coonradt
Matthew Brust	Samuel Friot
Henry Johnston	Samuel Dox
Robert Smith	Jonathan Hart
Robert Clark	Timothy Coons
Peter Phillips	Adam Best
Henry Deal	Peter Deal
Jacob Best	Jonas Simmons
John Wust	John Bockus, jr.
Johannes Schildis	Thomas Comer
John Calder	Gabriel Brusie
Robert Simson	John Letcher
Ludwyck Bonestil	Daniel Streit
Cornelius Letcher	Jacob Wager
Nicholas Brown	John ______
John Selfredge	John Ham
Frederick Swartfeger	Christopher Brusie
Adam Deal	Jacob Cole
John Bockus	.

(Rank listed but erased)
John Ruiter
Henry Young
Conradt Best
Harmanus Best

"This is a True Copy examined with the Original this 14th Day of May, 1778, by me,"

Isaac Mann, Jr.

"Sworn to the same being a true copy of the original by the said Isaac Mann
this 14th of May, 1778, before me,"

Edw. Porthious