RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - ROBERT JEFFRIES FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1756 - d. 1787 Robert was tried at Devizes in the county of Wiltshire on the 5th of April 1785, for stealing livestock (8 ducks, 9 hens) worth 40 shillings. Robert was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Robert left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. He died before reaching Australia.