Hi Karen: Have you considered that George Phillipson & the elder Elijah Hinchliffe might have been good friends, therefore George named his son after Elijah ... another thought, do you know Mrs. Phillipson's maiden name? Could she be a Hinchliffe? If she was related to the Hinchliffe's that would explain the girls going to live with that family. Always one to stir the pot, that's me! Belinda