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Signing the Treaty with the Indians April 22, 1642, painted in 1908 by John Ward Dunsmore. Jonas Bronck (alternatively Jonas Jonsson Brunk, Jonas Jonasson Bronk, or Jonas Jonassen Bronck) (around 1600 – 1643) was an immigrant to the Dutch colony of New Netherland after whom the Bronx River, and by extension, the county and New York City borough of the Bronx are named.
Sep 29, 2008 · September 29, 2008. Jonas the Peacemaker. Jonas Bronck, who gave his name to the Bronx River, was also a man of peace who sought to reconcile a festering conflict between the Native Americans and the Dutch colonists of New AmsterdamBronck was a deeply religious man who named his new home “Emmaus” for the biblical place visited by the risen ...
Aug 19, 2014 · Aug. 25, 2014. Because of an editing error, an article on Wednesday about Jonas Bronck and the connection between Savsjo, his hometown in Sweden, and what is now the Bronx — where he arrived 375 ...
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Nov 1, 2021 · In 1639, a Swedish sea captain named Jonas Bronck sailed from the Netherlands with his wife, some domestic servants, and a number of other emigrants to New Amsterdam—still 25 years away from ...
Dec 3, 2014 · by Matt Coneybeare at 12:41 PM on December 3, 2014. On December 3rd, 1639, Jonas Bronck purchased 50 acres of land to the north of Manhattan Island that later grew into 680 acres of farmland. People in the City would visit the farmland for a getaway from the hustle and bustle of 17th century City life, and heading on up to the farm would be ...
The American poet William Bronk was a descendant of Pieter Bronck, either Jonas Bronck's son or his younger brother, but most probably a nephew or cousin, as there was an age difference of 16 years. Much work on the Swedish claim has been undertaken by Brian G. Andersson, former Commissioner of New York City's Department of Records, who helped ...
Jul 23, 2009 · In 1639, the first European settler came to establish himself on the mainland north and east of the Harlem River. His name was Jonas Jonson Bronck. Born in Sweden, in the small village of Komstad, Norra Ljunga socken, outside Sävsjö in the Swedish province of Småland, some time around the year 1600.
