RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - WILLIAM JACKSON FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1762 - d. 1787 William was tried at Durham in the county of Durham on the 21st of July 1785, for burglary worth 4 shillings. William was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. William's occupation was not recorded.