Henry Francis Joy1

M, #19055, b. Sep 12, 1851, d. Feb 4, 1918
Pedigree

Family

Alzada Wixon b. Oct 31, 1850, d. May 16, 1926

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 12, 1851 Henry Francis Joy was born on Sep 12, 1851 at Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Marriage*Feb 14, 1875 He married Alzada Wixon, daughter of Amos Wixon and Louisa A. Eldredge, on Feb 14, 1875 at Dennis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Death*Feb 4, 1918 Henry Francis Joy died on Feb 4, 1918, at age 66, lost on the Cross Rip Lightship (LV-6) - Dragged off station in moving ice February 4, 1918, Cross Rip Lightship (LV-6) was last seen moving out the eastern entrance of Nantucket Sound by Head Keeper William Grieder of Great Point Lighthouse, Nantucket Island, who alerted the USLHS tender Azalea which searched for the ship to no avail.

In the same freeze of February 1918, four lightships were stuck in pack ice. Two were able to steam out on their own power and one was towed free from the ice, but LV-6 was too far out in the ice for any rescue vessels to reach her. The Captain, E.B. Phillips, was ashore and unable to get aboard. In command was First Mate Henry F. Joy, who walked across seven miles of sea ice to Nantucket Village in order to ask permission to abandon ship, but he was ordered by the local USLHS District Officer to return to his ship and maintain station.

LV-6 was seen with its ensign upside down, a sign of distress, when it was pulled out to sea with the ice floes. The ship and her crew were lost at sea.

Published online at https://www.cgemf.org/cross-rip-lightship-lv-6 (United States Coast Guard Enlisted Memorial Foundation, Cape May, New Jersey.1,2 
Burial*Feb 8, 1918 He was buried on Feb 8, 1918 at Swan Lake Cemetery, Dennis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 77284119.3 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S79] Gravestones - Death Cert, Obits, Books, Photos.
  3. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.

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