He was baptised 5 December 1830 at Enford (of Enford, labourer).
He married Elizabeth.
In the census of 1861 of Enford, he was aged 30, an agricultural labourer, his wife Elizabeth was aged 31, and their children were George 11, Eli 6 and with them was William's widowed mother, Letitia, aged 72, a pauper. All were born at Enford.
In the 1871 census of Enford, he was aged 46 (but more likely 40), an agricultural labourer, his wife Elizabeth was aged 41 and his children were George 20, an agricultural labourer, Eli 16, James 8, Ann 6 and Alfred 3. All were born at Enford.
William and Elizabeth's children were: