RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JOHN HILL FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1759 - d. ?? John was tried at Maidstone in Kent on the 17th of March 1785, for burglary worth 120 shillings. John was originally sentenced to death which was later commuted to transportation for life. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. John's occupation was recorded as a labourer.