William and Hannah married 23 May 1817, England. William introduced a fair capital into the colony and received from the Crown a Perth Town Lot at the corner of St George's Terrace and William Street. He built and conducted the Freemasons Hotel, the site later occupied by the Palace Hotel and now the Bank West building. William also engaged in the business of general merchant and bought from the Government 450 acres of land in the vicinity of Mongers Lake, where he started 2 farms - Lake Farm and Dairy Farm. William died at the early age of 47 years on 5 March 1845 at Perth, leaving his wife and eleven children. Hannah Emily died (aged 93 years) at Perth on 7 January 1889. When Mongers Lake was subdivided it was named 'Leederville' in perpetuation of his name.