He was married to Eliza Shannon. Their children were Mary (1861-) born in Fremantle, Mary E. (1863-) born in Bunbury, Margaret (1865-) and James (1867-). In 01/1854, James was convicted of sheep stealing and listed as a Bunbury farmer between the 1860s and 1870s. He employed a ticket of leave men in 1866 at "Belvedere" Australind.