He was married to Jane Smith. Their children were Rose Ann (1853-) born in Bunbury, David (1859-) born in Champion Bay and Henry James (1862-) in Champion Bay. He was listed as a mason at Bunbury in the 1850s, at Lower Greenough in the 1860s. He employed three ticket of leave men, including a bricklayer 1865, 1866 and 1869 at York, Victoria Plains and Blackwood district.