A series of grants had been made…

A series of grants had been made in late 1654 for tracts "achter de Kol" or Achter Col at Pamrapo and Minkakwa.

The colony grows and the situation remains relatively peaceful until 1655, when Pavonia is attacked by a united band of about five hundred Lenape.

One hundred settlers are killed.

One hundred and fifty are taken hostage and held at Paulus Hook until their release can be negotiated.

This incident is known as the Peach Tree War, and is said to have been precipitated by the killing of a young woman who had stolen a peach from settler's orchard on Manhattan, but may have been a retaliation for the Dutch attack on the Lenapes' trading partners on the Delaware Bay in New Sweden.