John Tuckey came to the Colony as widower. His first wife Mary died August 1820. He arrived as an indentured servant to Thomas Peel. His two children James and Charlotte accompanied him. After a gruelling time at Clarence following the grounding of the Rockingham, the family followed Thomas Peel to Mandurah and struggled to make a living on his 50 acres. Had Guildford Lot 117 in 1834. He endured, and Tuckey descendants still live in Mandurah today. John married Elizabeth Wadey (widow). His son James married Mary Anne Esther Forster on 7 December 1841 at Fremantle and had five children. Charlotte married Thomas Eacott on 2 July 1839 at Mandurah and had ten children. John died on 4 May 1872 at Mandurah, Western Australia.