Born in Harwich in 1815, Joseph C. Ellis moved to Provincetown and married Judith Havender, a local girl.
He began his career at sea as a young man, signing onto whaling ships as a harpooner. He worked on schooners trawling the Grand Banks in a dory for decades. After Joe Ellis retired, he bought a small boat and continued to fish along the shore, knitting and mending his own nets. He died in Provincetown on Feb. 14, 1908, at the grand old age of 93 years.
He is Provincetown's Oldest Fisherman and lived at 283 Commercial Street (Exuma), where he and his wife raised their nine children.
Born in Harwich in 1815, Joseph C. Ellis moved to Provincetown and married Judith Havender, a local girl.
He began his career at sea as a young man, signing onto whaling ships as a harpooner. He worked on schooners trawling the Grand Banks in a dory for decades. After Joe Ellis retired, he bought a small boat and continued to fish along the shore, knitting and mending his own nets. He died in Provincetown on Feb. 14, 1908, at the grand old age of 93 years.
He is Provincetown's Oldest Fisherman and lived at 283 Commercial Street (Exuma), where he and his wife raised their nine children.
Family Members
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Rosie Ellis Dunham
1812–1887
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Ezra Ellis
1822–1874
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Polly Ellis Bassett
1823–1883
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Nancy Ellis Cash
1825–1873
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James Ellis
1829–1893
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Charles Ellis
1832–1902
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Lydia Ellis Sears
1833–1919
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Phillip Ellis
1839–1926
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Dorcas Ellis Howland
1840–1939
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Isaiah Leonard Ellis Sr
1843–1922
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Mary Ellis Chase
1846–1925
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Lucy Ellis Ellis
1848–1934
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