This should answer the question of an adult leaving/giving a gift to an infant. It was done all the time. Shirley Middleton Moller PGLR CC2:617 At the request of Joseph Sim the 3rd the following Deed was recorded May the tenth Seventeen hundred & Twenty Nine This Indenture made this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & twenty Nine Between Joseph Sim of Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland of the one part and Joseph Sim an Infant and Grandson to said Joseph & son to Patrick & Mary Sim of the County & State afore= =said of the other part Witnesseth that the said Joseph Sim as well for and in Consideration of the Natural Love and Affection which he the said Joseph Sim has for his Grandson Joseph Sim as also the sum of Five Shillings Current Money paid to him by Patrick Sim Father to the said Joseph Sim an Infant as aforesaid the Receipt whereof the said Joseph Sim doth hereby Acknowledge and there from Acquit and Discharge the sd Joseph Sim an Infant his heirs Executors & Administrators and every of them by these presents Hath given granted bargained sold Aliened released enfeoffed Confirmed & made over and by these presents doth give Grant bargain Sell Alien Release enfeoff Confirm & Make over unto the said Joseph Sim an Infant as aforesaid all that part of a Tract of Land Called Sim's Delight Lying Situate and being in Prince Georges County, etc.....