Hi from Australia. I am looking for information on Thomas MERRITT born abt 1804, he married Elizabeth Black born abt 1819 and they married 1838, Glasgow, Scotland. He belonged to the 96th Regiment of Foot (payroll no 894) and they came to Tasmania for several years then onto the goldfields at Ballarat, Victoria. They came to Tasmania on the ship Tortoise arriving 19 Feb 1842. It was a convict ship and I gather he was a soldier on it. His family travelled with him, of 16 children 9 survived, Catherine , Thomas, Susanna, Robert, Roderick, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Jemima and Annie ......hoping someone can help.....Judy Victoria.