Thomas Allwright was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing forty-eight table knives, value 18 shillings; forty-eight forks, value 9 shillings; twenty-four other knives, value 9 shillings; twenty-four forks, called three-prong forks, value 6 shillings; four-carving knives and forks, value 3 shillings; twenty-four other knives, value 40 shillings; twenty-four other forks, value 20 shillings; two other carving knives and forks, value 6 shillings; twenty-four other knives, value 1 pd. 14 shillings; twenty-four other forks, value 17 shillings; six other carving forks, value 3 shillings; and one box, value 1 shillings.
Allwright arrived in Sydney as part of the Third Fleet in 1791 aboard the Active. He was living with Sophia Langford by 1797.
'Allwright, Thomas (1767–1842)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/allwright-thomas-27070/text34544, accessed 21 May 2022.
12 August,
1842
(aged ~ 75)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia