Henry and Charles Walton came with workers and together with Thomas Elmsley, they established farms in the area.
[2] After the Flagstaff War, Walton employed former soldiers to build stone walls that are still a feature of the area.
Henry Walton married Kohura, Te Tirarau Kukupa's niece, in 1846.
He also became involved in coal mining and shipbuilding, and was one of the partners in the timber mill at Te Kōpuru.
[4] On 14 November 1865, he was elected to the Auckland Provincial Council for the Marsden electorate; he resigned on 28 October 1867.