RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - THOMAS HOWELL FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1758 - d. ?? Thomas was tried at Stafford in Staffordshire on the 5th of October 1785, for stealing livestock (4 hens) worth 1 shilling. Thomas was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. Thomas's occupation was recorded as a labourer.