Thomas and Emma married 26 December 1836 at Fremantle. He was a Guildford Schoolmaster and York Schoolmaster 1846. He also worked in the Fremantle Convict Establishment in the 1850's, Stewards Office - 2nd Class Clerk, was a publican, trader and watchmaker. From 1855-1857 he was a 1st Class Clerk at the Gaols Dept Round House. He gave up his Inn and went back to watch making. He became ill so he wrote the Acting Governor (Irwin) pleading for assistance as he was ill and destitute. He was allotted five shillings a week and medicines. By the following year he had resumed watch making. Thomas went to South Australia on the sailing ship 'Lochinvar' in 1857 and never returned. Thomas Sweetman died 31 December 1899 in South Australia. His wife Emma predeceased him and died in 1887 aged 71 years.