Brought out to the Colony by Captain Bannister to join his widowed father Jesse Woods. John had been left in England with his sister Caroline when his father came to the Swan River on the ship 'Atwick' in October 1829. Married 5 December 1855 to Harriet Collins. John Woods was described as a farmer when he married Harriet at St George's Cathedral, Perth. They had three children and they were all christened at St Luke's Church, Gingin on 18 May 1860. John's occupation was given as a shepherd in the Bindoon area. John died of pneumonia on 31 July 1863 at Perth. His widow and children went to York where their father-in-law and grandfather Jesse Woods was living. Harriet married for a second time on 4 February 1864 to William Willey. Tragically he died on 21 April 1868. Harriet married for a third time to John Brooks. Harriet died 30 April 1904.