Blues Point

[1] Physically imposing, he was described as a "strapping Jamaican Negro 'a very Hercules in proportion' with a bright eye and a jocular wit".

When he arrived in 1801 he only had two years of his sentence left and he was soon working on the harbour with boats and selling oysters.

His friendly manner and humorous conversation made him popular and he became a notable local character.

He married English-born convict Elizabeth Williams in 1805, and in 1807, was the only person licensed to ply a ferry across the harbour.

[1] Governor Macquarie named him "The Old Commodore" and he ran his ferry dressed in a blue naval officers coat and top hat.