William arrived with brother Henry. William Forward was an indentured servant to George Dunnage. He married Caroline Friend on 4 April 1838 at St. Matthew's, Guildford. In the 1837 Census he was an Innkeeper at Perth. He then moved to York. On 9 February 1842 he advertised Ram Stock on his property and in 1843 he advertised to take in sheep. In 1850 he applied for land. The same year he ran a conveyance between York and Perth once a month. In the 1860's he was a Hotelier and was farming at Salt River. William and Caroline raised a family of eight children. All children married and the total number of grandchildren was 72. William died 28 May 1893 at Northam and Caroline died 11 September 1899 also at Northam.