John Fleay departed on the ship 'Margaret' from England and transferred to the ship 'Drummore' at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. John Fleay arrived with William Tanner, as a servant, at aged sixteen. He married Jane Cook 29 October 1832 (Perth Register). Daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Jane Cook. Mentioned in the 1837 Census at Perth. He went to York in 1839 and had ten children. He became a successful farmer and in 1853 applied for a 2000 acre pastoral lease. In May 1840 his second son George at three and a half years of age, disappeared from the banks of the Avon River while helping mind the goats. He was never found. It was thought that he had been taken by natives. The eldest daughter Ellen died at 13 months from an unknown illness. In 1848, three year old George (4th son) also succumbed. John Fleay was instrumental in starting the Gilgering (later called North Beverley) school for his own and his neighbours children. Jane Fleay died on 1 May 1872 at York and John died 5 March 1884 at Gilgering.