Nicolai Esmit (also called Nicolay or Nicholas and Schmidt) was governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies from 4 July 1680 - November 1682.
[1] According to Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, Esmit served under England on Jamaica after finishing school.
[1] The island was characterized by a lack of manpower at the time, and Christian V bought slaves from the African king of the Akan people for the colony.
[4] However, Dyppel died en route due to a mutiny, and before a new governor could be named to succeed Esmit, his brother Adolph led a revolution that overthrew his authority in 1682.
[4] Admiralitetsraad Jens Lassen saw to it that Esmit was paid a small pension until his death.