 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - William akaberekerwa muWilmington, North Carolina, naReuben naHannah Loring. Akanga ari muzukuru wechitanhatu womuNew England piyona Deacon Thomas Loring. Paaiva nemakore mana, mhuri yake yakatamira kuSaint Augustine, Florida, uko, pazera remakore gumi nemana, akatanga basa remauto rakapedza makore makumi mashanu. Pazera ramakore gumi nemana, Loring akabatana neFlorida Militia uye akawana ruzivo rwake rwekutanga rwekurwa achirwa nemaSeminole maIndia mukurwa kudiki kwaizoguma muSeminole Hondo. Paaiva nemakore gumi nemanomwe, akatiza kuti anorwa muHondo yeTexas yeRusununguko, asi akakurumidza kutorwa nababa vake ndokuenda naye kumba. Kwemakore mashomanana akatevera akaramba achirwa muHondo yechipiri yeSeminole uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant wechipiri. Muna 1837, Loring akatumirwa kuAlexandria Boarding School muAlexandria, Virginia, kupedza dzidzo yake yechipiri. Akaenda kuGeorgetown University kubva muna 1839 kusvika muna 1840 ndokuzoenderera mberi nekudzidza mutemo, uye akabvumirwa kubhawa reFlorida muna 1842. Muna 1843, akasarudzwa kuFlorida House of Representatives kwaakashanda kubva muna 1843 kusvika muna 1845. Muna 1845 akakundikana nokuda kweSeneti yeFlorida. 