James and Mary Ann married 18 January 1830 at St George's Cathedral, Perth - the first marriage in the new Swan River Colony. Mary Ann was 21, a farmer's daughter, Church of England and literate. James Knight was aged 22, an Innkeeper's son, Church of England, literate. Archdeacon Thomas Hobble Scott, Rector of Whitfield, Diocese of Durham officiated, witnesses to the marriage being Peter Brown and Sarah Blakey. On 18 October James was employed by Peter Brown as a Clerk in the Security Office at a salary of one hundred pounds per annum, a position he held for seven months till he resigned when repeated requests for a rise in salary was denied. (Government Gazette Records). On 29 May 1830, James and Mary sailed east on the 'Britannia' to purchase stock for their Augusta holding (Land Dept Register, 1829). In 1837 in a listing of 'Return of Lands in the Colonies' James is shown as having 640 acres at an average price of five shillings. While 'at sea' on the Britannia, 29 June 1830, he advised the Surveyor General that 'Mr R Clint' (was) his agent for the fulfilment of all conditions which I hold my entitlement. (Civil Service Register). The couple's first two sons William Ambrose and Charles Edwin were born in the Bathurst district of NSW. Mary Ann and her children returned on the 'Currency Lass' on 21 October 1835. James may have returned earlier as he is not shown as a passenger on that voyage. The family are shown as residing in the colony in 1837 Census of Perth. James held positions in different Govt departments. He was appointed Postmaster at Bunbury (August 1841), Tide Waiter (Customs Officer) at Bunbury (October 1841, and Clerk of the Magisterial Dept., Wellington St. Perth (December 23, 1842). He also held the leasehold for the Royal Hotel, Fremantle (28 April 1838) for approx. twelve months, and later the Bunbury Hotel (June 1844). About 1837 he acquired 1760 acres of land at Wonnerup in the new Vasse settlement, adjacent to land held by George Layman. When George Layman was speared by the aboriginal Gayware on 22 February 1841 Mary Ann revealed 'that a native had also made the threat to her and that furthermore had pointed to Layman as the white who would be speared through a window one night'. ('Busselton - Outstation on the Vasse' (1830-1850) by Rodger Jennings. In a letter to the Collector of Revenue dated 1 April, 1851, James refers to 'my memo concerning my 20,000 acres in the Vasse' so by this time his allocation had grown considerably. Archdeacon Wollaston wrote in his diary (14 March 1851) that he 'called at Knight's on way. He has moved his house and doing much better, his sons with him, now grown up. He and Mrs Knight much the same as formerly except that I thought their adversity had somewhat affected them.' This was apparently the case as James and Mary gave up their land holdings and left the Colony with their family, sailing for Victoria aboard the ship 'Swan' on June 29, 1853. Mary Ann died 12 September 1885 and James died 1 January 1888 at Morrison, Victoria.