RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - RICHARD HAWKES FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1752 - d. 1832 Richard was tried at Reading in Berkshire on the 2nd of March 1785, for stealing hemp yarn worth 1 shilling. Richard was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. Richard's occupation was recorded as a labourer. Married Elizabeth Mason on the 14th of February, 1790. Richard's Signature