Mr Ellis is a teacher in Harbor Town, specifically teaching in the secondary school. He's married to Mrs Ellis, and the two have an infant child at home. Mr Ellis is an only child whose parents both died in an unfortunate accident at sea when he was sixteen. He is one of the most welcoming people on the island of the outsiders that have come in search of Samryn's missing riches. He lives in the second-northernmost house on the eastern edge of Harbor Town with his wife.