Career
Born in 1827, Jones was the mate on a trading ship in his youth. He eventually qualified as a ship"s master, but in March 1856 he arrived in Western Australia on board the William Hammond, having been transported for fifteen years for uttering a forged bank note. After receiving his ticket of leave, he was appointed a school teacher at Picton.
He taught there from 1859 to 1870.
He resigned in 1870, and died in Bunbury a year later.