 The couple were so intent on having a son with his father's name that they named a further son Daniel, which throws into question their naming of the first son.Katharine Gillespie has suggested that the naming of Samuel may have implied a likening of Katherine Chidley to the Biblical Hannah, who in dedicated her first child, Samuel, to God and refused the traditional purification ritual until the child was weaned.Moreover, the dedication of the Biblical Samuel is followed by a prophetic utterance from Hannah, , the model for the "Magnificat", that looks forward to an overturning of existing power relations.