RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - OTTIWELL HINDLE FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 17?? - d. ?? Ottiwell was tried at Preston in Lancashire on the 16th of October 1785, for stealing a silver watch of unknown value. Ottiwell was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. Ottiwell's occupation was recorded as a weaver. On the 14th of September 1788, Ottiwell married Mary Piles On the 21st of June 1790, Ottiwell's rations were reduced to ¼ pound of flour per day for 1 month for neglect of duty. On the 25th of January he received 25 lashes as the remainder of his punishment due for an unknown offence.