RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JAMES BROWN FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1765 - d. ?? James was tried at Hertford in Hertfordshire on the 2nd of March 1785, for stealing livestock (a horse) worth 300 shillings. William was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. William left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. James's occupation was recorded as labourer.