Timeline of the Bronx
overview of the Bronx's history
The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York, United States.
Prior to the 19th century
Prior to European settlement: The Indian Siwanoy tribe of the Wappinger Confederacy roamed the eastern portion of the area that became the Bronx.
1639 - Jonas Jonasson Bronck settles and establishes a farm (which he named Emmaus) on 500 acres in what will become known as the Bronx.
1642 - Summer: Anne Hutchinson and family move to a location near Split Rock.
1643 - August: Anne Hutchinson and others are massacred in an Indian raid during Kieft's War. Anne's daughter Susanna was the only survivor.
1646
Adriaen van der Donck gets a land grant from the Director of New Netherland Willem Kieft. van der Donck names the estate Colen Donck.
Thomas Cornell granted a four square mile patent which encompasses what is now Clason Point.
1654
Thomas Pell bought a large tract of land from Chief Wampage and other Siwanoy Indian tribal members under Treaty Oak.
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