Margaret is correct, and such situations did indeed call for the use of quit-claims.  So, though such quit-claims of "expectancies" upon the movement west by kids often were most useful, if the anticipated death was testate, and after the departure of the expected heir the will was so changed as to exclude that person, then that document and the intention there revealed all were for naught.  There again, the quit-claim served to convey nothing whatever, yet remained quite appropriate under the circumstances.  Paul
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  My understanding of Quit Claims is they were used by expected heirs who were
  moving on to settle the land in the hands of an heir who stayed behind. If you
  notice frequently when a family moved, it was another family member who
  bought their land. Often a son-in-law. But the person buying the quit claim did not
  own land but was buying a future interest in the land that was to come to the
  seller by the death of the owner.

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