Gookin's brother John died at Lynn Haven early in November 1643; Gookin, no longer bound by any strong ties to Virginia, left his three plantations in the charge of servants and sailed for Boston in May 1644 with his wife and his infant daughter Mary (his son Samuel having died).
In early 1700, after plundering and sinking five merchant ships in Chesapeake Bay, he was surprised by the fifth-rate frigate HMS Shoreham under Captain William Passenger after chasing the remaining Quaker into Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia on May 3, 1700.
At the northern end of the peninsula, the state highway crosses over a pair of water links between Broad Bay and the Lynnhaven River and over Bay Island, which is accessed via the highway's old alignment, West Great Neck Road, to the west.