He had twelve children by four women: Robert Burns, born 3 September 1786;
Jean Burns, born 3 September 1786; unnamed twins who died in infancy,
born 9 March 1788; Francis Wallace Burns, born 18 August 1789; William
Nicol Burns, born 9 April 1791; Elizabeth Riddell Burns, born 21
November 1792; James Glencairn Burns, born 12 August 1794; and Maxwell
Burns, born 25 July 1796, by his wife Jean Armour. Elizabeth Burns,
born 22 May 1785, by Elizabeth Paston. Robert Burns, born November
1788, by Janet Clow. Elizabeth Burns, born 31 March 1791, by Ann Park.