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Bronck's farm, a tract of 274 hectares (680 acres), known as the biblical Emmaus, Bronck's Land, and then just Broncksland, or simply Bronck's— covered roughly the area emanating from general vicinity of Willis Avenue and 132nd Street in the Bronx in what, today, is Mott Haven.
Dec 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.
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Sep 29, 2008 · The killing was in retaliation for the earlier murder of a Native American, but that carried no weight with the belligerent Kieft, who launched a search and destroy mission against a Weekguasegeeck village north of Bronck’s Land that only narrowly missed its target.
Jul 23, 2009 · His farm (known as Bronck’s Land, and then just Broncksland), covered roughly the area south of today’s 150 th Street in the Bronx. The original price paid for the Bronx, or a large share of it, was as follows: 2 gunns, 2 kettles, 2 coats, 2 shirts, 2 adzes, 1 barrel of cider, and 6 bitts of money.
May 15, 2024 · On December 3rd,1641, Jonas Bronck purchased 500 acres of farmland above Manhattan which later became The Bronx. The settlement is in present day "Mott Haven."
Talk. In 1639, Jonas Bronck came here from Amsterdam and bought 500 acres of land from the Indians, the land was called Bronck's Land; Bronxland, and finally the Bronx. The purchase price was...
Aug 25, 2014 · No, no, no say the Swedes. I mean, who has ever heard of a Dane being called Jonas Bronck? That’s a solid Swedish name – or rather Brunke is – and Jonas was a farmer’s lad from the interiour of southern Sweden, where he grew up until he was struck by the travelling itch and – well, you got it by now.
