RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM HINDLEY FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1766 - d. ?? William was tried at Ormskirk in Lancashire on the 18th of July 1785, for stealing clothing worth an unknown value. William was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He supposedly left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. William's occupation was recorded as a labourer. There is some contention on whether or not William actually sailed with the fleet.