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The couple were married at Street Swithins Church, Walcot, Bath on 30 May 1797. She nearly died following an attack of typhoid in 1800, after which her health was never strong. Nevertheless, she bore six children, all of whom survived to adulthood.
The children were William, (July 1798), Barbara (1799), Elizabeth (1801), Robert (1802), Samuel (1805), and Henry (1807).
Her daughters predeceased her, Barbara dying in 1821 and Elizabeth in 1832. In the 2006 film Amazing Grace, about her husband"s involvement in the movement to eliminate the slave trade, she was portrayed by actress Romola Garai.