1. WILLIAM³ NORTHEN (EDMUND², JOHN¹ NORTHERN) was born March 30, 1719 in Warsaw, Richmond County, VA, and died January 1793 in Edgecombe, NC. He married ABIGAIL MINTY Bet. 1740 - 1749 in Richmond County, VA, daughter of EDWARD MINTY and MARGARET UNKNOWN.

Children of WILLIAM NORTHEN and ABIGAIL MINTY are:

i. PETER SMITH⁴ NORTHERN, b. August 23, 1750, North Farnham District, Richmond County, Virginia; d. August 1811; m. JANE ALDERSON, January 1774, Richmond County, VA.

ii. EDMUND NORTHERN, b. 1752; d. Abt. July 01, 1782; m. ELIZABETH BERRICK.

Notes for EDMUND NORTHERN:  Qualified as Ensign to Captain Tomlin's Company at Richmond County Court House June 7, 1779

iii. REUBEN NORTHERN, b. June 25, 1754, Richmond County, Virginia; d. July 18, 1790; m. LYDIA LLOYD.

iv. MARY NORTHERN, b. October 22, 1755; m. SOLOMON REDMAN, 1773, Richmond County, VA.

v. MINTY NORTHERN, b. 1757; d. 1773.

vi. GEORGE NORTHERN, b. Abt. 1748, Warsaw, Richmond County, VA; m. MARGARET JONES, Aft. 1767, Richmond County, VA.

vii. SARAH NORTHERN, b. 1761.

viii. MARGARET NORTHERN, b. 1763.

ix. ANN NORTHERN, b. 1765.

x. LUANER NORTHERN, b. 1767.

xi. MERMON NORTHERN, b. 1769.

xii. KILBY (KIRBY) NORTHERN, b. 1771.

xiii. CATEY NORTHERN, b. Abt. 1773; m. UNKNOWN COFFIELD, Bet. 1790 - 1795.

xiv. NELLIE NORTHERN, b. 1775; m. ROBERT HODGE.

xv. LUCY NORTHERN, b. 1777.

xvi. WILLIAM NORTHERN, b. February 19, 1743/44, Richmond County, Virginia; m. MARGARET DICKEN, Abt. 1784, North Carolina.