6 4 2 , ▁with ▁thirty - five ▁others . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁pen ins ula ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Max son ' s ▁point ▁as ▁the ▁Max son ▁family ▁( Rich ard , ▁Reb e cca , ▁John , ▁etc .) ▁lived ▁there . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁sett lers , ▁including ▁Anne ▁H utch inson ▁and ▁her ▁family , ▁were ▁murder ed ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 6 4 3 ▁u pr ising ▁of ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁Th rock m orton ▁returned ▁to ▁Rh ode ▁Island . ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 8 , ▁the ▁pen ins ula ▁appeared ▁on ▁maps ▁as ▁" F rock es ▁Ne ck ". ▁The ▁pen ins ula ▁was ▁virt ually ▁an ▁island ▁at ▁high ▁t ide . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 6 , ▁George ▁Washington ' s ▁headquarters ▁wrote ▁of ▁a ▁potential ▁British ▁landing ▁at ▁" F ro gs ▁Ne ck ". ▁At ▁the ▁bridge ▁over ▁West chester ▁Creek , ▁now ▁represented ▁by ▁an ▁un ob tr us ive ▁steel ▁and ▁concrete ▁span ▁at ▁East ▁T rem ont ▁Avenue ▁near ▁West chester ▁Avenue , ▁General ▁How e ▁did ▁make ▁an ▁un success ful ▁effort ▁to ▁cut ▁off ▁Washington ' s ▁troops ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 7 7 6 ; ▁when ▁the ▁British ▁approached , ▁the ▁Americans ▁ri pped ▁up ▁the ▁pl ank ▁bridge ▁and ▁opened ▁a ▁heavy ▁fire ▁that ▁forced ▁How e ▁to ▁withdraw ▁and ▁change ▁his ▁plans ; ▁six ▁days ▁later ▁he ▁land ed ▁troops ▁at ▁Rod man ' s ▁Ne ck