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Vor 3 Tagen · Learn about the history of the Bronx, a borough of New York City, and its namesake Jonas Bronck, a Danish immigrant who bought 500 acres of land in 1641. Find out how the Bronck family influenced the New York coat of arms and the Grand Concourse.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Bronx was named after Jonas Bronck (c. 1600–1643), a European settler whose precise origins are disputed. Documents indicate he was a Swedish-born immigrant from Komstad, Norra Ljunga parish, in Småland, Sweden, who arrived in New Netherland during the spring of 1639.
Vor 4 Tagen · Jonas Bronck is the pseudonym under which we publish and manage the content and operations of The Bronx Daily.™ | Bronx.com - the largest daily news publication in the borough of "the" Bronx with over 1.5 million annual readers. Publishing under the alias Jonas Bronck is our humble way of paying tribute to the person, whose name lives on in the name of our beloved borough.
8. Mai 2024 · The northernmost of all New York boroughs takes its name from a Swedish sea captain turned farmer, Jonas Bronck. Bronck purchased land and built a farmstead at what is now 132nd Street and...
22. Mai 2024 · The answer lies in the borough’s namesake: a man named Jonas Bronck. Born in Sweden around 1600, Jonas Bronck immigrated to New Netherland in the spring of 1639. Historical documents indicate that Jonas Bronck hailed from Komstad, Norra Ljunga parish, in Småland, Sweden. His settlement in the area, which would later become the ...
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Vor 5 Tagen · Arendt founded Schenectady in 1662 and married Antonia Slagboom, the widow of Jonas Bronck, namesake of the Bronx. In 1667, he drowned on Lake Champlain in upstate New York during a ferocious...
19. Mai 2024 · The Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, Brooklyn after the Dutch town of Breukelen, Manhattan from the Lenape’s language, Munsee, meaning “the place where we get bows,” and so on. What does Bronx mean in English?
