Editing Jonas Bronck (section)

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[[File:Signing the Treaty with the Indians.jpg|thumb|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 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.