Hannah Crane arrived with parents John (Benjamin) and Elizabeth. Married c1842. John Eakins came to the Swan River Colony as a 16 year old indentured servant of George Fletcher Moore, a bachelor barrister from County Tyrone in Ireland and three other servants. Eakins went with Moore to his land grant at Upper Swan. His tasks included clearing light brushwood, killing snakes, planting vegetables, trenching the wheat ground, mending his shoes, enclosing a field, racking hay, collecting wheat from Guildford for the pigs, thatching a shed, felling gum trees with a cross cut saw, wheat sowing, dibbling it with forks, whitewashing, washing sheep for shearing and building a kitchen. Sometime after 31 July 1833 Eakins left the employ of Moore. He returned in February 1835 - a great strapping fellow, able for any work. Moore hired him at 35 shillings a month. At some stage he was at the Canning as an Agricultural labourer and at another he was the Swan blacksmith and wheelwright. He was, for a time, in partnership with J Minchin as a sawyer, but this was dissolved in 1841. In 1842 he married Hannah Crane who had also worked for George Fletcher Moore. In the 1860's the family moved to Greenough where John became a farmer, owning 72 acres of freehold land. John employed 20 ticket-of-leave men on occasions between 1864 and 1881. One of these was in partnership with Robert Bell and Henry Eaves. John died on 12 December 1898 at Greenough (85 years). Hannah died on 15 August 1903 at Greenough (79 years). She left 30 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Both are buried in the Greenough cemetery.