RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM EARL FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1763 - d. ?? William was tried at Salisbury in Wiltshire on the 5th of March 1785, for burglary worth 71 shillings. William was sentenced to death which was commuted to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. His occupation was not recorded.