[2] Weston was born in Middle End Street, Longton, Staffordshire, England, in 1847 and came to Australia with his parents at the age of three.
Growing up in Richmond, at the age of 15 he left to find work at Woods Point, Victoria, delivering bread to the miners at the Morning Star reef gold mine and it was in the Reefers Hotel in Woods Point he first played billiards.
He was offering 400 and 500 in 1000 and Weston, now at the age of 25, challenged him against all odds and to everyone's surprise, beat him after an exciting game.
His champion horse team of 5 bays bay (horse) won the world record for drawing 9 ton 12 cwt on a bush road from Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie distance of 26 miles in 11 hours on 4 September 1896 returning to Coolgardie on 6 September 1896.
[3] His contemporary agents were J. Flammery & Co, Henderson & Co, Clime, Eastwood & Co and others, all participated with Weston in transporting merchandise to the outback.