John and Ann were married 24 August 1818 and a few years later learning of the opportunity of owning their own land, joined others in the Thomas Peel enterprise. Unfortunately they found one set back after another, losing their horses and cattle while trying to land on shore here, they found Thomas Peel had lost the land which was to have been granted to them, due to the late arrival of the ship 'Rockingham'. However, 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going' and this is what they did. John was part of a group sent south to work land which had been given to Peel, but a petition sent to Governor Stirling dated 30 August 1830 stated ' they agreed to work as field hands for Thomas Peel for 3 shillings per day… only having fresh provisions twice since landing and the last they had they could not eat it being so bad'. John and Ann moved their family north to Perth and Guildford where John worked as a labourer. Little Hannah died from burns at Guildford 11 September 1831. John applied for government assistance on 6 January 1834. Flour was given out in return for men working on road works and /or government projects and be paid 3 shillings per day to cover cost of supplies. Later in 1835 John was a ferryman at Guildford. He was assigned Lot 86 on 17 September 1830 and Lot 87 on 9 September 1834. The family was also mentioned in the Census taken in 1832 and 1837 but James was not mentioned in the latter. It is believed he may have drowned. From the family of eight children there are many descendants. Some moved to South Australia and Victoria. Ann moved to South Australia with Elizabeth a few years after John's death and remarried in 1848. Ann died in 1882. Many of the descendants became farmers, soldiers (in the Boer War, WW1 and WW20), civic leaders in their community, one the first Miss Australia and another ADC to the Governor General of Australia. John and Ann would have been proud of the families and what has been achieved by so many because they took that step to go out into the unknown.