William I and Martha Patrick were married by Rev Thomas Ireland of the Anglican Church in Grahamstown on 1 December 1825. William later started the Wedderburn wagon business in 1851.

William was a trustee of the Albany Brethren Benefit Society in 1843, and ward master for Grahamstown in 1859. He died on 2 December 1869 and was buried in the Anglican section of the old cemetery in Grahamstown beside his wife Martha who had died in 1862.