Thomas and Sarah, with Ellen, Thomas and Eliza Jane left Liverpool on the "Sir W.F. Williams" on 10 September 1856 arriving in Hobart, on 2 December 1856. Thomas was brought out on the application of his son John who came out 18 months earlier with Thomas's brother Richard on the "Northumberland".
Thomas died at Oatlands on 1 November 1896 age 86 and Sarah died at Oatlands on 24 August 1888 aged 80.