John Hole Duffield married 13 September 1816 at Plymouth, England. Despite many adversities, proved to be a most resourceful and successful pioneer. As part of his entitlement he was granted 500 acres in the area now known as Bicton. The balance was 926 acres was granted on the Murray River at Pinjarra but this was later forfeited. He accumulated numerous pieces of land in the Fremantle and Perth areas. Nineteen days after his arrival in the colony he tendered for the carpentry work on the Round House (the Colony's first prison) and completed this work with Manning. He was one of the founders of the Fremantle Whaling Co. which suspended operations in 1839. He also handled funerals at the Fremantle Cemetery. His wife Charlotte and their four children arrived in the ship 'Egyptian' on December 1831 with their Maltese servant - Charles Jacob. The family re-boarded the ship and sailed onto Sydney but found living conditions worse than Fremantle and so they returned on the same ship. The family lived in limestone caves while they built their home which they named 'Bicton' after the area they left in England. Fish and game were plentiful. John established a winery and on this property he cultivated some 7000 vines and was the first person to export wine to England when he forwarded to his brother William in England, a hogshead of wine in 1848. He was also the first person to discover gold in the colony, probably at Toodyay. John and Charlotte were amongst those who donated land for the building of St. John's Church in Fremantle. John seemed very satisfied at his decision to leave England and make his home in the Swan River Colony as evidenced in a letter home to his sister, Lydia, in 1849 when he said ' It is twenty years next October since I left Plymouth, during which time I have seen many ups and downs in life, but I am happy to say that I think I am pretty comfortably situated for the rest of my days. I farm my own land, I grow my own wine, I kill my own cattle, I catch my own fish, I ride my own horse, I drive my own gig, I sail my own boat, I sit under my own fig tree. I have all my family around me…' John died 5 April 1859 and Charlotte died some years later on 8 November 1865 - both died at Fremantle.