RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JOHN ALLEN FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1742 - d. 1794 John was tried at Hertford in Hertfordshire on 3rd of March 1786, for stealing bedding worth 200 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years leaving England with the first fleet on the Alexander aged about 45 years old. His occupation was listed as labourer or miller.