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 obey
is an important name in our family history, mainly because it is the
oldest line that can be continuously documented. We owe most of this
to Mr. William G. Robey, who did most of the work to create a database
of over 40,000 people who can be traced back to a single progenitor
in 15th-century England. The surname is variously spelled in its history
as Roby, Robey, or Robie.
John ROBY was born
in the town of Castle Donington in about 1452. His descendants generally
stayed in that same area for a number of generations until one John
ROBEY sailed for the New World about 1680 and settled in
Charles Co., Maryland. He married Sarah
Hines LUCKETT and had twelve children whose descendants
form many of the branches of the Robey and related families in the
U.S. today.
One of these children was Sarah
ROBEY, who married Edward
DARNALL in about 1703. Their descendants included Charles
DARNALL, born in 1767, who eventually moved his family to
Kentucky and established our line in that state. The distance from
this writer back to John Roby spans some 15 generations -
a long family history that we are very proud to know of.
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