Singing Our Family Song
Thomas Duke ALLEN
1814 - 1865 (51 years)
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Name Thomas Duke ALLEN Birth 1814 Tobercurry, Co Sligo, Ireland 
Gender Male _UID 189ACF833E9F47539C524A90ECC637DD09E4 Death 23 Apr 1865 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Burial 25 Apr 1865 St Johns Cemetery, Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Person ID I9679 My Genealogy Last Modified 16 Jan 2022
Father Thomas ALLEN, b. 1772, Tobercurry, Ballysodare Parish, Sligo Ireland d. 19 Aug 1837, Oghambaun, Co Sligo Ireland (Age 65 years) Mother Ann DUKE, b. 1775, Newpark, Co Sligo, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1793 Ireland Family ID F2847 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Maria, b. 1814, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 29 Oct 1841, At sea (Age 27 years) Marriage Abt 1840 Co Sligo, Ireland Family ID F2980 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2016
Family 2 Martha ABBOTT, b. 3 Feb 1817, Bradford, Co Clare, Ireland d. 26 Apr 1890, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia (Age 73 years) Marriage 23 Aug 1842 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Children 1. Henry ALLEN, b. 1842, New South Wales, Australia d. 1877, St George, New South Wales, Australia (Age 35 years)2. Joseph Duke ALLEN, b. 1843, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 1904, Ryde, New South Wales. Australia (Age 61 years)3. George R. ALLEN, b. 1845, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 17 Nov 1862, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia (Age 17 years)4. Thomas Abbott ALLEN, b. 1847, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. Yes, date unknown5. John Henry ALLEN, b. 26 Dec 1848, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 1926, Albury, New South Wales, Australia (Age 77 years)6. Robert Palmer ALLEN, b. 17 Feb 1850, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 24 Jul 1935, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 85 years)7. Eleanor Kingsmill ALLEN, b. 4 Oct 1852, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia d. 30 Apr 1867, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia (Age 14 years)8. Martha Ann ALLEN, b. 1854, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia d. 1944, North Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age 90 years)Family ID F2981 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2016
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Photos Headstone
St Johns Cemetery, Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia
Newspaper Article re Arrival of the Larne-1841
Ship News - Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser
Parramtta Land Acquisition 1854
Ancestry - Land Deeds, Alienated by Grant, Lease or Purchase
Parramatta, The Field of Mars, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia
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Notes - Thomas Duke Allen was a gaoler at Parramatta gaol, corner Dunlop & New Streets Parramatta. The gaol is the oldest and most intact gaol in original use in Australia. Governor George Gipps proclaimed the incomplete prison open on 3rd Jan 1842.
The first gaoler was Thomas Duke Allen. He spent most of his 20 years in charge trying to requisition sufficient facilities to make the gaol habitable. His wife, Martha, acted as matron for the female prisoners.
- Thomas and his 1st wife Maria left for Sydney Australia via Liverpool on the Larne, in 1841. Maria died during the voyage. Thomas arrived on 21 Oct 1841. His papers say he was brought out by Bob Thompson.
- 2nd MARRIAGE: 24 Aug 1842 - Sydney Morning Herald - MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 23rd August, by the Rev. Dr. M'Garvie, by special license, Mr. Thomas Allen, of Parramatta, to Miss Martha Abbott, second daughter of Mr, Thomas Abbott, governor of the Debtor's Prison, Sydney, New South Wales
- Thomas Duke Allen was a gaoler at Parramatta gaol, corner Dunlop & New Streets Parramatta. The gaol is the oldest and most intact gaol in original use in Australia. Governor George Gipps proclaimed the incomplete prison open on 3rd Jan 1842.