Editing Jonas Bronck (section)

===Namesakes===

The town of [[Tórshavn]], the capital of the [[Faroe Islands]], has a street bearing the name Jónas Broncksgøta (Jonas Bronck's Street). One theory holds that Jonas Jonsson Bronck was born ca. 1600, son of a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] minister, Morten Jespersen Bronck, and was raised in [[Tórshavn]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Middle Ages until 19th century – Did you know... | work = History | publisher = Faroe islands Review | url = http://www.heinesen.fo/faroeislandsreview/history.htm | access-date = January 20, 2012 | quote = [...] that the man who founded New York in USA, Jonas Bronck (1600?–1643) was originally from Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, where his father was a pastor in the [[Lutheran]] Church. Bronck arrived at New Amsterdam in 1639, and his name is perpetuated in Bronx Borough, Bronx Park, Bronxville, in New York. An old street in Tórshavn also has his name, Jónas Broncksgøta. He made the voyage to America in his own ship, called ''Fire of Troy'', manned by himself, accompanied by a friend who was an officer in the Danish army, Capt. Joachiem Pietersen Kuyter. They each brought their family and a number of herdsmen or farmers since their cargo was cattle. | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119012112/http://www.heinesen.fo/faroeislandsreview/history.htm | archive-date = January 19, 2012 }}</ref> That Jonas Bronck's middle name would in this case be Mortensen, not Jonsson, speaks against this theory. The Faroe family may have originated from the Norwegian district of Elverum.<ref name="Evjen">{{Citation|last=Evjen|first=John Q.|title=Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674|url=http://www.immigrantships.net/v12/1600v12/fireoftroy16390700.html|year=1972|orig-year=1916|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=0-8063-0501-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= Norwegian Sailors in American Waters |first= Knut |last= Gjerset |publisher= Norwegian-American Historical Association |year= 1933 |page= 228 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6-NPljqhZbkC&q=Jonas+Bronck&pg=PA228}}</ref> (At the time, the Faroe Islands were part of a political entity also comprising [[Denmark–Norway|Iceland, Greenland, Denmark and Norway]].) In 1619 the younger Bronck went to school in [[Roskilde]], [[Denmark]], and eventually made his way to Holland.<ref name = Faroeislands>{{Citation | last = Wylie | first = Jonathon | title = The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History | publisher = University of Kentucky Press | year = 1987 | page = 209 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7kmEYtkttx4C | isbn = 978-0-8131-1578-8 | quote = Jónas Bronck (or Brunck) was the son of Morten Jespersen Bronck ... Jónas seems to have gone to school in Roskilde in 1619, but found his way to Holland where he joined an expedition to Amsterdam.}}</ref>

The Jonas Bronck Academy <ref>{{cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/10/X228/default.htm|title=Welcome|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> and Public School 43 Jonas Bronck <ref>{{cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/07/X043/default.htm|title=Welcome|date=July 14, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> are located in the Bronx. A local brewery produces Jonas Bronck Beer.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-15/local/30177677_1_bronx-brewery-bronx-ale-house-jonas-bronck | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712171350/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-15/local/30177677_1_bronx-brewery-bronx-ale-house-jonas-bronck | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 12, 2012 | location=New York | work=Daily News | first=Daniel | last=Beekman | title=Boogie down beer on tap with Bronx Brewery and Jonas Bronck's Beer Company setting up shop | date=September 15, 2011}}</ref>