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The title is pretty much self-explanatory.
Here is some background:
Half a mile to Riley's, the blacksmith John Hancocke lived with his wife Elizabeth and his seven children. The eldest sons Samuel and William slept in the smithy. Samuel was 18 years old and already a trained blacksmith. Every day he worked with his father in the forge that lay down by the brook, on the other side of the driveway.
Samuel is a good blacksmith. Together, father and son make work tools for agriculture, blocks and fittings for the mines and things that people need. The other children are Alice, Ann, Elizabeth, John, and Oner Hancocke.
The plague that struck Eyam in 1665-1666 was the last major epidemic in Britain. In London, it is estimated to have claimed up to 100,000 lives. Information on the population of Eyam before the epidemic is uncertain, but an estimated 260 people died from the plague while 83 survived.
Elizabeth buried most of her children starting from the 3rd of August 1666 and the week after, and her husband. Samuel, the oldest son, was the only survivor except for her.
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