Complex sentence: Despite other attempts to return to his colony, Plowden died a pauper and a large area of his claim later given by the Duke of York to John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton and Sir George Carteret becoming New Jersey.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite other attempts to return to his colony, Plowden died a pauper. A large area of his claim was later given by the Duke of York to John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton and Sir George Carteret, and became New Jersey.