Martha arrived as a servant to JR Phillips, they later married on 1 August 1839 at Canning (Perth District Registration). Granted 2000 acres at Canning and 2600 Acres at Plantagenet. Land at Fremantle Lot 271, Perth Lot I2 both in 1830. Carried out location duties for Gilbert and Hobbs on locations 13 and 14 and in time gained possession of the land. JR Phillips early attempts to take up residence on the Canning were hampered by bad luck. In April 1830, as he was preparing for the journey, all his provisions, including seeds and other vital stores were destroyed by fire resulting from an Aboriginal burn-off. Replacement goods did not arrive in the Colony until December 1840, nevertheless, by August, Phillips was on the Canning, living in a tent on AH Gilbert's location 13, preparing to select a new grant for himself to undertake location duties for Gilbert. But more bad luck followed. In October he was badly speared in the side during an altercation with Aborigines, and it was not until December that he actually received his grant and started location duties on Gilbert's land. Only then did he begin to develop his property, which he called 'Maddington Park' (farm) situated on the right bank of the Canning River just below its confluence with the Southern River. Nairn bought 'Maddington Park' for £2,340, from JR Phillips in 1830. Also had land at Albany Lots B5, S5, Sub B8 in 1833. In 1834 he was a JP. In September 1835 Government Resident Hotham, March 1836 Magistrate at Williams River District, 1838 Government Resident at Canning, Resident Magistrate at Albany in 1840-1847 and Inspector of Natives and Chairman of Albany Quarter Sessions. Was one of the first to take up land in the Williams District. Went to South Australia per the 'Alpha' 7 December 1846 and returned later that year. John died 27 December 1852 at Albany of influenza and is buried in the heritage cemetery at Albany, but no headstone exists. Martha died in 1857 at Kanyaka Station in South Australia at the age of 46 years. After the death of her husband she went to live with John Randall Phillips Jnr who had the lease on Kanyaka Station, north of Quorn. Her grave with intact headstone is in the heritage cemetery at Kanyaka ruins.