Benjamin was aged 31 when he and his wife Jane and three children arrived in Fremantle in 1831. He was listed as a labourer and indentured to John Morrell, a builder. He is mentioned in the 1832 and 1837 Census for Fremantle. His occupation was listed as carpenter, then stone mason, later farmer. On 28 April 1841 he lost Lot 375 at Fremantle as it converted to the Crown due to non improvement. In 1847 he moved to the Pinjarra district where his wife Jane died from apoplexy on 18 May 1867 aged 61 years at 'Jim Jam' at Pinjarra. This property belonging to her son-in-law James Beacham. Benjamin died 20 February 1870 of old age and debility in Fremantle.