In the name of God Amen. I Melcher Rhem of the County afore Being very 
sick & weak in body but Blessed be God of sound mine & memory doe make 
and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form Followen

Impremis my will and desire first of all is that after my Decease my 
body be buryd in a Christian like Decent manner and form at the 
direction of my Executor hereafter to be named and as to the worldly 
goods which it hath pleased God to Bestowe on me I doe Dispose of them 
as follows

Impremes I give & leave to my Beloved wife Rachell to her heirs 
forever Two Cows & Calves Two sows & piggs & the half of all my 
Kitchen furniture my Best feather Bed & the furniture belonging to it 
also – The Lent of a negro girl called Judy During the time she 
continues my widow or lives Unmaryed.

Impremis my will & desire is that the survey or Tract of Land on 
which I now Live be Divided by a Direct Line from a stake on the 
South side of Bever Creek my Last Corner To the second Corner of the 
said Land being a pine and I Give & Bequeath to my sone Joseph Rehm 
The upper part or half of the said Tract of land to him & his heirs 
& assignes forever Turnover

Item  I give & Bequeath to my sone Jacob Rehm the other or lower part 
of the Tract of Land adjoining the land I now live on beginning at a 
stake the second Corner of the sd land and Running (with a Direct Line 
to the white oke Branch) being here the  - next three words not 
readable – Down the Branch to the mouth To him & his Heirs & assigns 
forever.

Item I give and bequeath To my Son in Law Samuel White the other or 
Lower Part of the Tract of Land a part of which I have already given 
to my sone Jacob

Item  I give & Leave to my Loving wife Rachell my Bay riding mare and 
one Hook & Harness & Tackle for plowing – also her widow hood in my 
Dwelling house & plantation

Item my will & Desire farther is that all the Remainder of my Estate 
to be sold & after my Just Debts are paid & Discharged the Remainder 
to be Equaly Divided amonst all my Children & I Doe hereby Nominate 
& appoint my sone Jacob Rhem & my sone in law Samuel White my whole 
& Sole Executors of this my Last will & Testament in Testimony whereof 
I have Hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this Ninth Day of 
February in the year of Our Lord 1769.

Melcher Rhem

Signed Sealed & published in the presence of Wm. Lavender, Elizabeth 
Probart

June Craven County Superior Court 1769
Present His Majesty Justices
The within last Will and Testament of Melcher Rhem Deceased was Duly 
Proved in open Court by the oath of William Lavender one of the 
Witnesses hereto – at the same time Jacob Rhem and Samuel White 
Executors therein name Qualified as such
Chas Neal





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