RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM HATFIELD FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1757 - d. 1793 William was tried at Maidstone in Kent on the 18th of March 1785, for assault with intent to rob. William was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. His occupation was not recorded. His death in 1793 was attributed 'by taking intemperately of the American rum'. William's Signature