Craven County, NC - Will of Melcher Rhem Sr, 1769

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WILL OF MELCHER RHEM SR.

Craven County, NC. Original found at the NC Archives.

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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