17 May 1773 -- Thomas Robey wrote his will in Rowan County North Carolina, witnessed by Robert Shaw. Names his children: Nathan, Prior Smallwood, Ann, Virlinda, Charlotte, and Sarah Lovelace. Mentions property in Maryland upon which Luke Lovelace and other of his brothers now live. Names his step-children Vachel, Millesent, Archibald, Isaac, and Charles Lovelace.