Servant to Henry Townsend. By 1842 he was a town publican (Freemasons Hotel) at Albany. By 1843 he was listed as an auctioneer and was a member of the Town Trust. Farmed at Candyup in 1845 and was in the whaling industry by 1845. He owned Town Lots in 1852 and employed three ticket-of-leave men. In 1860 he sold the Freemasons Hotel and departed for England around this time.