1. WILLIAM⁴ NORTHERN (WILLIAM³ NORTHEN, EDMUND², JOHN¹ NORTHERN) was born February 19, 1743/44 in Richmond County, Virginia. He married MARGARET DICKEN Abt. 1784 in North Carolina, daughter of EPHRAIM DICKEN and SARAH UNKNOWN.

Children of WILLIAM NORTHERN and MARGARET DICKEN are:

i. WILLIAM⁵ NORTHERN, b. December 05, 1785, Jones County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1837, Taylor County, Georgia; m. REBECCA WEATHERBY.

ii. SUSANNA NORTHERN, b. February 07, 1787; d. June 12, 1798.

iii. ABIGAIL NORTHERN, b. May 05, 1788, Jones County, Georgia; d. 1855, Jones County, Georgia; m. TAYLOR MORRIS.

iv. PETER NORTHERN, b. April 07, 1794, North Carolina; m. LOUISA MARIA DAVIS, January 16, 1817.

v. EPHRAIM NORTHERN, b. January 27, 1802, Georgia; m. ANN GAFFORD.