William Danvers III

William Danvers III was the wife of Evelyn Danvers and the father of Caleb Danvers.

Personality
Given his appearance as an elderly man as result of his abuse of The Power, he may have once been as bad as, if not worse than, Chase, as both abused their powers to the point of addiction. His abuse of The Power may have caused a strain on his relationships with both Evelyn and Caleb, but he still loved Caleb nevertheless, as he eventually willed his power to his son.

The reason to why he wanted Caleb to defeat Chase was not only because Chase was the descendant of the traitor of the Covenant, but also to prevent him from suffering the same fate as he did.

It is possible that in the aftermath of his severe abuse of his powers, he became more in control of his addiction, as he didn't use them again after becoming so old that he needed medication and machines to stay alive.

Biography
Not much is known about him. He is a descendant of the Danvers family, most likely born in Ipswich. At some point in his early life, he fell in love with and married Evelyn, his wife, and had a son, Caleb. However, due to the great abuse of his powers, he aged a lot faster than he was supposed to, thus making him look like a 90-100-year-old man, when he was really just 44 years old prior to his death. Since it would be impossible for him to make an appearance to the town without arising suspicions or even worse, expose the long-kept secret of the Covenant, he was presumed dead after a supposed accident and relocated to the family's first colony house.

We first see a brief glimpse of him when Caleb goes there in order to deliver some medication to the butler that takes care of William, Gorman. Sarah was with him, but she never got in the house. She did, however, meet Caleb's father later on, when Caleb decided to reveal the secret of the family and the reason why Caleb had to get rid of Chase.

Later on, when Caleb goes to the Putnam barn to face Chase, Evelyn Danvers decides to visit her husband and pleaded him to will his powers to his son in order to fight Chase off. William finally gives in, thus giving away his life so his son could live on and defeat Chase, which in turns kills him.

Quotes

 * "I..."
 * "Will..."
 * "You..."
 * "My..."
 * "Power."

Trivia

 * In the credits after the film, he's credited as "James Danvers" instead of "William Danvers".
 * He was 44 years old, according to Caleb.
 * He claimed to be different from his father.