 Agnes and William had seven children, three of whom predeceased her.Of her many grandchildren, at least ten died before her, a reflection of her own old age and the much shorter life expectancies of those times.According to Robert Burns’s youngest sister, Isabella Begg, she "“... was rather under the average height; inclined to plumpness, but neat, shapely, and full of energy; having a beautiful pink-and-white complexion, a fine square forehead, pale red hair but dark eyebrows and dark eyes often ablaze with a temper difficult of control.