RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - ANN FOWLES FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1855 - d. 1826 Ann was tried at the Old Bailey in London on 6th April, 1785 for stealing clothing with a value of 56 shillings. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England with the first fleet in May of 1787 aboard the Lady Penrhyn aged about 22. Her occupation was listed as hawker. She was transported with her four year old daughter. For a number of years she lived with John Ruglass. On 13 February 1789 she received 25 lashes for abusing a sentinel; on 25 June, for stealing clothing it was 50 lashes on three successive Thursdays , her head shaved and a cap with the word THIEF on it; on 27 April 1790 25 lashes for allowing pigs in her garden and 75 lashes on 15 February 1791 for stealing and killing a hen. She died in 1826.