Married Sarah King on 11 August 1849 at Guildford. He and his sister Jane Coates arrived with the Children's Friend Society. Was a goat herder for Stirling, then was a farm labourer for the Resident Magistrate Whitfield and Wittenoom. Between 1845 and 1850 was a pit sawyer in the Wooroloo district. In 1850 he acquired land and built a wayside inn at 'Carrings' and farmed there until the railway was build in 1884. In 1860 he had the licence of the '19 Mile' at York. William died 27 January 1888 at Perth. His wife Sarah died 18 December 1910 at Northam.