This is the 1841 entry:
Chapel Row, Pill St George, Easton in Gordano, Somerset
Harriet Bailey 40 Y
Sophia Do 19 Y
Edwin Do 13 Y
William Do 11 Y
Alfred Do 8 Y
James Do 3 Y
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Charlotte Kotley(?) 20 Y
William isn't with Harriet and the family in 1851 so presumably was at sea.
I see there is another William Bail(e)y born Pill / Easton in Gordano around 1833 who is a Mariner in 1851, son of Annis, to confuse the issue! Then in 1861 this other William (presumably) is a Steward on a Packet, living in Clifton, Bristol, with a wife Mary, and then he is a widower in 1871. just so we know he isn't the one we're looking for on the censuses. But very likely your William was at sea for most or all of those censuses.
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