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From: (Richard Bond)
Subject: Re: St Thomas: Anna Maria Susanna* Kragh ca 1772-1796
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 21:33:38 -0400
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Esmit not Esmith

The Esmit brothers Governors of the Virgin Islands were from a
Netherlands family who were in the Hanseatic trade. The name was
originally Schmidt but had changed while a generation of the family was
living in Spain.

Among the legacy of the Esmit descent is the ability to boast that your
family were in business with Edward Teach, Blackbeard the pirate. The
brothers not only traded in slaves they bought cargos from pirates and
outfitted their ships.

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