Jonas Bronck was a settler in 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.
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Signing the Treaty with the Indians April 22, 1642, painted in 1908 by John Ward Dunsmore![Map (c. 1639) Manhattan situated on the North Rivier with numbered key showing settlements with No. 43 representing the Bronck homestead; No. 42, across the Harlem River, represents that of Kuyter,[19] who had sailed with Bronck and took the land on the Manhattan side of the river.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Manatvs_gelegen_op_de_Noot_Riuier.jpg/1280px-Manatvs_gelegen_op_de_Noot_Riuier.jpg)
Map (c. 1639) Manhattan situated on the North Rivier with numbered key showing settlements with No. 43 representing the Bronck homestead; No. 42, across the Harlem River, represents that of Kuyter,[19] who had sailed with Bronck and took the land on the Manhattan side of the river.
Jónas Broncks gøta, Tórshavn, the Faroe IslandsAbout this person
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SwedenStatus
deceased
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Lived 1600 to 1643 · aged 43
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