Jacob S. Ellis

In 1850, he moved to Belleville, New Jersey where he built freight schooners until 1861 when he returned to Staten Island and purchased the shipyard that became known as "J. S. Ellis & Son".

About a thousand people witnessed the launching, including William H. Starbuck, Captain Josiah Johnson of the Edmund Blunt, No.

She was named after William H. Starbuck, a railroad financier, who paid for the cabin and presented the colours, including the signal flags.

[3][4] The Sandy Hook pilot boat Joseph F. Loubat (1880) was built and launched from the Jacob S. Ellis's shipyard.

The Staten Island Railway brought a large number of pilots and their families to Tottenville to participate in the launch.

Jacob's son Hampton C. Ellis