Married Mary (his 2nd marriage) c1828 in Kent England. Son Richard Frisby was child of Richard's (first marriage). Richard was indentured to Henry Camfield. This was cancelled in 1830. He was then employed by Thompson and Trimmer of Guildford. In May 1831 he applied for a loan of seed and rations for his own allotment. He described himself as a carpenter. He later built a two storey home - 'Clayton Farm' at Bellevue, making the bricks and hand cutting the timber. Alice Crocker in her article 'History of This Land' describes the farm 'All the bricks for the roomy, two storeyed farm house were made in a puddle mill on the property, and all the timber was cut and sawn into beams and planks in the old fashioned sawpit. Under the staircase they built huge bins where oatmeal, sugar and other necessities were stored in large quantities. They followed the English model in laying out Clayton. A five stall stable, a separate cottage for a farm hand, with coach-house attached, barns, pigpens were all built to the English farm style'. The house still stands in Bellevue. Took up growing grain, vines and poultry. He is reported in assisting in the building of the Governor's Cottage Ornee at Woodbridge. Also of building the first coffin in WA. He owned land at Herdsman Lake in July 1849 and was elected to the Guildford Town Trust. He built a vessel from old packing cases to transport stores from Fremantle to Perth. He built a Smiths Mill at Sawyers Valley. Earlier the family had the misfortune of being twice burnt out leaving them only with the clothes they wore, even new handles had to be made for the tools and farm implements. Richard William died 15 July 1878 at East Guildford. Mary died 1 August 1891 at Guildford - both are buried at Guildford Grammar School.