Thomas Rawsthorne ^{394,849,850,1275,1280,1291,1308,1315,1339,1340,1341,1342,1343,1344,1345}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Woolwich, Sydney, NSW Australia. ¹³³⁹

• Arrival, 18 Dec 1819, NSW Australia. ^{1275,1308,1315,1342,1344,1345}

• Baptism, 30 Apr 1797, St Marys, Lancaster, Lancashire England. ¹²⁹¹

• Baptism, 6 Apr 1795, Kendal, Westmorland England.

• Assignment: Assigned to Pierce Collits, father of Sophia Jane COLLITS, as a convict labourer, 1819.

• Description: 5ft 8" high, ruddy complexion with light brown hair and hazel eyes. Ticket of leave 34/2170 dated Feb 2 1826, with district stated as Bathurst, 1819.

• Conviction: Thomas was sentenced to 14 years for house breaking as a 23 year old and left Lancaster aboard the "Recovery", 1819.

• Residence, 4 Jun 1819, Woolwich, Sydney, NSW Australia. ^1341,1343

• Residence: United Kingdom. ¹³¹⁵

• Arrival: NSW Australia. ¹²⁸⁰

• Residence: Australia. ^{1280,1308,1315,1345}

Thomas married Sophia Jane Collitts, daughter of Pierce Brigginton Collits and Mary A. Hardwick, on 25 Oct 1826 in NSW Australia.⁸⁴⁹ (Sophia Jane Collitts was born on 16 Jan 1810 in Castlereagh, NSW Australia ⁸⁵³ and died on 25 Jan 1867 in Billy Bong, Forbes, NSW Australia ⁸⁵¹.)