RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM FRENCH BROWN FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1758 - d. ?? William was tried at Southwark in Surrey on the 10th of January 1786, for stealing cheese of unknown value. William was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. William had no occupation recorded. Married Sarah Taylor on 17 February 1788 William French Brown's Signature