Judith, thank you for providing that information in full. Jane's death is intriguing: I might well have the wrong person as the age of death was not shown in my source (Family Search, if my memory serves me - this is going back a good few years and I neglected to record where the info came from!). It could be that our Jane died somewhat earlier in the time frame, as the youngest of the known children was baptised in 1819. Interestingly, James was living at an address in Bailiffgate by the time of the 1841 census, so perhaps that Jane was an elderly relation of his? I did wonder briefly if Jane's age could perhaps have been wrongly interpreted as 85 instead of 35 by the transcriber, but without seeing the original, there's no way of telling.
Re Ann Landells: there are a good number of Landells in Northumberland in the early part of the 19th century, including several called James! Our James was a tailor in 1841, but that's not to say he wasn't a joiner in earlier years, so we can't rule out the possibility of Ann being the first wife. Our James was born about 1778 so he would have been about 26 or so when Ann died.
Marg
Family history is fascinating, isn't it? I'm very glad to have been of help, although it's worth you checking other sources to make sure of the info I've given you, as Jane's death details may be wrong (see Judith's post)! Thanks for clearing up the confusion about the two Adams: I didn't know the twin had Douglas added to his name so that's a big help. He may well have been known as James.
While trying to find something more on Jane Burn yesterday, I stumbled across information in posts about William Burns Landells and Adam on other sites which will probably be of interest to you, as it certainly was to me!! Someone researching the McKay family put up the following information on William some years ago: born 1811 in Alnwick, died 1871; father James Landells, grandparents Adam Landells (1740-818) of Swinton Hall and Alison nee Scott (1735-1814) of Alnwick. Adam and Alison had the following children: William, Jeannie (Jane? - the names are interchangeable on the Border), Walter, Thomas, Margaret and Gavin. This pretty much confirms, and expands on, the info you have given me, which is wonderful, as I can now add William to my database with confidence.
The details on Adam came up in a very recent post on another forum, so if you Google him it should pop up. It revealed that he was actually gardening at Alnwick Castle, working for the Duke of Northumberland - something I, at least, didn't know - who (very generously) gave Adam £10 when he heard he was emigrating. Adam also acted as a Sunday School teacher at the Sion Chapel in Bondgate where his son James - and probably the other children too - was baptised.There are some snippets from newspapers of the time regarding Adam and his family, which make interesting reading.
Do you or your cousin have any idea why my Edward would have ended up in South Africa, at all? All the Edwards seem to have had itchy feet in the Landells family!!
