(10/05/1850 - 20/08/1919)
Joseph was born in Australind and was the son of James and Comfort. He married on 17/06/1870 to Mary Charlotte Coppin (1850 - 04/11/1894) in Nannup. Mary died in Perth. She was the daughter of James and Charlotte. Joseph married for the second time on 22/02/1899 to Fanny Floyd (1850-16/06/1934) in Bunbury. She was the daughter of David and Mary Ann. Joseph's children were Charles Christopher (1871 - 1923), Joseph William (1872 - 1958), Roland George (1873 - 1940), Louisa Mary (1875 - 1923), Lindsay James (1877 - 1893), Arthur (Archie) (1879 - 1963), Julius (Bob) (1881 -1947) and Mervyn Frederick (1883 - 1919). He worked as a pastoralist at Jalbarragup near Nannup until 1884, then as a butcher at Bunbury. The family then sailed to Derby on 19/09/1885 on the Natal, and he worked as an innkeeper and established "Mount House Station" in the Kimberley district. Some of his children were educated in the Eastern colonies.