In 1799, Robert married Jean Smith, Thomas Smith's eldest daughter by his first wife (i.e. his step-sister).
A number of their children died young including three who died of childhood diseases early in 1808 during the construction of Bell Rock.
Five survived till adulthood.


Three of Stevenson's sons became engineers: Alan, David and Thomas.
Robert's surviving children also include 
 Joseph (1802-1878), who emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1832, and Jane (1801-1864), who assisted in writing and illustrating an account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse construction and became his secretary.
Robert Louis Stevenson was his grandson, via Thomas, and Katharine de Mattos was his granddaughter.

Stevenson lived on Baxters Place at the head of Leith Walk for most of his later years, moving from no.2 to the far larger no.1 around 1820.
The building was used as an office from 1985 to 2015 and was named "Robert Stevenson House" in his honour.
The name was removed when the building was converted into a Marriott Hotel in 2017.

Stevenson died at 1 Baxters Place on 12 July 1850 in Edinburgh.
He is buried in the Stevenson family plot in New Calton Cemetery.
In 1799, Robert married Jean Smith, Thomas Smith's eldest daughter by his first wife (i.e. his step-sister). A number of their children died young including three who died of childhood diseases early in 1808 during the construction of Bell Rock. Five survived till adulthood.

Three of Stevenson's sons became engineers: Alan, David and Thomas. Robert's surviving children also include 
 Joseph (1802-1878), who emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1832, and Jane (1801-1864), who assisted in writing and illustrating an account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse construction and became his secretary. Robert Louis Stevenson was his grandson, via Thomas, and Katharine de Mattos was his granddaughter.
Stevenson lived on Baxters Place at the head of Leith Walk for most of his later years, moving from no.2 to the far larger no.1 around 1820. The building was used as an office from 1985 to 2015 and was named "Robert Stevenson House" in his honour. The name was removed when the building was converted into a Marriott Hotel in 2017.
Stevenson died at 1 Baxters Place on 12 July 1850 in Edinburgh. He is buried in the Stevenson family plot in New Calton Cemetery.
Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)