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 Jean Armour was born on 16 February 1765 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died on 26 March 1834 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, at age 69. Jean Armour was the eldest daughter of stone mason James Armour of Mauchline. After Robert Burns had become a famous poet, the Armour family accepted him and Robert and Jean renewed their relationship. In addition to their own children, Jean raised Robert's illegitimate daughter Betty (born in 1791 to Ann Park), and in later years her granddaughter Sarah Burns whose mother, Betty, had died in childbirth. 

Robert Burns had a total of fourteen known children by four women, including nine by his wife Jean Armour. Eight of his children were illegitimate, including the first four by Jean Armour before they were married in 1788. 

Children of Robert Burns and Jean Armour are as follows: 

• + 2 Robert (twin) Burns, born 3 September 1786 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland; married Anne Sherwood.  
• + 3 ii. Jean (twin) Burns was born on 3 September 1786 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died on 20 October 1787 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland, at age 1. 
• + 4 iii. Twin girl Burns was born on 9 March 1788 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died on 10 March 1788 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. 
• + 5 iv. Twin girl Burns was born on 9 March 1788 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died on 22 March 1788 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. 
• + 6 v. Francis Wallace Burns was born on 18 August 1789 in Ellis land, Dunscore, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. He died on 9 August 1803 at age 14.
• + 7 vi. William Nicoll Burns was born on 9 April 1791 in Ellisland, Dunscore, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. He married Catherine Adelaide Crone on 8 September 1824 in Bangalore, India. He died on 21 February 1872 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, at age 80. William was educated at Dumfries Academy and Christ's Hospital, London. He entered the service of the Honourable East India Company and eventually rose to the rank of Colonel. He retired to Cheltenham and died without issue. 
• + 8 vii. Elizabeth Riddell Burns was born on 21 November 1792 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. She died in September 1795 at age 2.
• + 9 viii. James Glencairn Burns, born 12 August 1794 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; married Sarah Robinson; married Mary Beckett.
• + 10 ix. Maxwell Burns was born on 25 July 1796 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. He died on 25 April 1799 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, at age 2.                                                   

Known children born by Robert Burns and mistresses.

 Elizabeth Paton was born in September 1760 in Largieside, Ayrshire, Scotland. She married John Andrew on 9 February 1788. She died between 1793 and 1798. Elizabeth "Betsey" Paton was employed as a female servant on the Burnes farm at Lochlie during the winter of 1783-84, but returned to her own home when the Burnes family moved to Mossgiel in March 1784. However, Robert apparently returned to visit her since their daughter Elizabeth (Bess) was born 22 May 1785. Betsey subsequently married John Andrew, a farm labourer, and they had four children. A year later Betsey had a son by Robert Burns named Robert Patton Burns. 

Children of Robert Burns and Elizabeth Paton were: 

• + 11 i. Elizabeth "Bess" Burns, born 22 May 1785 in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland; married John Bishop. 
• + 12 ii. Robert Paton Burns, born March 1786 in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Janet Clow was born in 1766 in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. She died in January 1792 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Janet "Jenny" Clow was a maid to Nancy McLehose, a friend of Robert Burns, who lived in Edinburgh. 

Children of Robert Burns and Janet Clow were: 

• + 13 i. Robert Burns, born November 1788 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

Ann Park was born in 1770. She married John Greenshelds on 11 November 1794 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She died between 1795 and 1799. Ann Park was a barmaid at the Globe Inn in Dumfries. 

Children of Robert Burns and Ann Park were: 

• + 14 i. Elizabeth "Betty" Burns, born 31 March 1791 in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland; married John Thomson.

What we know of Robert Burn's descendents...of Jean's children, six died young and another, William, had no children. The last descendant of their eldest son Robert ( 1786-1857) was Jean Armour Burns Brown, who died in 1937. All living descendants of Robert Burns and Jean Armour descend from their granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth Maitland Tombs Burns (1821-1909) and John Shaw Burns b 1825-1921, daughter and son of their fourth son James Glencairn Burns (1794-1865). Many of Robert Burns descendants are from his illegitimate children: 1. Elizabeth "Bess" Burns (1785-1816), daughter of Elizabeth "Betsey" Patton, who married John Bishop in 1807. 2. Robert Patton Burns 1786 - son of Elizabeth "Betsey" Paton, who married John Bishop in 1807. 3. Elizabeth "Betty" Burns (1791-1873), daughter of Ann Park, who married John Thomson in 1808. 4. Robert Burns son of Janet "Jennie" Clow. He was born in Edinburgh in 1788 and later became a merchant in London. 

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