Before 1722, he had settled in London, and according to Charles Burney had a benefit concert that year.
He appears to have become a fashionable singer, as his volume, dedicated to Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales, contains a lengthy list of notable persons as subscribers.
This is a folio named Orpheus Caledonius, a collection of the best Scotch songs set to Musick, entered at Stationers' Hall on 5 January 1725.
The two editions are interesting and valuable, although Sir John Hawkins described him as "a tradesman" and said that his collection was injudicious and incorrect.
The words of the songs were largely taken from Allan Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany, published in 1724.