Stirling tried to take possession of Long Island, but failed.

At his death, in 1647, his widow sent a Scotchman to assert the claim and act as governor.

He proclaimed himself as such, but was promptly arrested by Stuyvesant and put on board a ship bound for Holland.

The vessel touched at an English port, where the "governor" escaped, and no further trouble with the family of Lord Stirling ensued.
Stuyvesant went to Hartford and settled by treaty all disputes with the New Englanders which had annoyed his predecessors.

Then he turned his attention to the suppression of the expanding power and influence of the Swedes on the Delaware.