- From: Voyage of a Different Kind by Larry Turner:
- Brother to Associated Loyalist Captain Peter Ruttan, William served as Second Lieutenant in company six. Born at New Rochelle, we do not know where he settled. He had a wife and child at Sorel, only a wife at Adolphustown and remarried in 1788.
- United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7234
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68428715/william-ruttan
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