Although little is known of his early life, it is thought that his discharge from the British Army in 1829 is because of his impaired vision. Richard was accompanied by his wife Mary (nee Brown) and their two sons, Richard and William. Richard and Mary worked as servants to Lieut. Henry Bull who also arrived on the 'Nancy' and who was granted land in the Swan region, a large parcel of which was in the Upper Swan. Richard and Mary were still employed by Lieut. Bull on the Upper Swan property when in 1833 the aboriginal leader Yagan was shot and killed there. A thirty pound sterling reward had been placed on Yagan's head, and it would appear this was the motivation for the killing. Six more children were born to Richard and Mary after their arrival. When their daughter Amelia was born in 1842 they had settled at 'Cliffston' Upper Swan. Amelia married Edmund Keen (Kean) Byrne on 6 April 1866. Richard owned a bullock team which traversed the Swan Valley area and to the railhead at Guildford. He carted produce and sandalwood to Guildford and back, loaded supplies for himself and other settlers in the area. It was a slow and arduous method of transport, and it is said that his booming voice, used to encourage his team to move faster, became his trademark. Family history records that Bullsbrook was named after him. He became known as Richard 'Bull' Jones, and one of his regular stopping and camping places was the nearby tributary of Ellen's Brook near the junction of the old Gingin and Bindoon Roads. Richard died 8 April 1862 at Upper Swan. Mary died at Gingin 26 September 1885. This family is possibly also referred to John and Ann Jones who Bull referred to in application for land.