U.S. Senator Barack OBAMA, 
descendant of Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733 immigrant to Philadelphia, PA
Richard GRIFFIN
Rebecca HOPKINS
Husband:  Richard GRIFFIN
Birth:  1822/3, NC
Father probably:  Timothy GRIFFIN (b. 1785/6, NC)
Mother probably:  Sarah __?__  (1786/7, NC)
Marriage:
Wife:  Rebecca HOPKINS
Birth:  1823/4, NC — probably Randolph Co., NC
Father:  Edward "Ned" HOPKINS
Mother:  Hannah CROW
Children — born in NC, presumably in Randolph Co., NC:
1.  Mary Ann / Marianne GRIFFIN, b. 1844/5
2.  Augustus P. GRIFFIN, b. 1846/7
3.  Emma Louise GRIFFIN, b. Jan/Feb 1850
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, North Carolina
Sources:

1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  North Carolina Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):  not found.

2.  1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):  Southern Division, Randolph Co., NC, p. 156B, 1103/1115, enumerated 23 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Richard Griffin 27 M     NC
Rebecca     " 26 F     "
Maryan      "  5 F     "
Augustus P. "  3 M     "
Emma Louise " 9/12 F     "
Listed next door to Enoch CROW (æ 70, b. NC), on one side; and, on the other side, listed next to Timothy GRIFFIN (æ 64, b. NC) and Sarah (æ 63, b. NC), who are probably Richard's parents.

3.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

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