RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM ALLEN FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1763 - d. ?? William was tried at Ormskirk in Lancashire on the 11th April 1785, for assault and robbery worth 30 shillings. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years leaving England with the first fleet on the Alexander aged about 24 years old. His occupation was listed as labourer.