The line I am following is Ann Indian born c1840 - parents William Indian c1813 Alston & Ann Hardy c1821 Kirkoswald - marr. 1837 Alston.
Ann Indian marr George Pattinson - 1865 Auckland Saint Andrew - Co. Durham and then William Forster 1874 Co. Durham.
According to the info that I have managed to find Ann c1840 must be sister to your John. I have collected all of the census' that are available but am interested in anything to do with this family especially earlier generations.
Cromwell, here is what I have using a variety of sources, sometimes only an index or census, as I don't yet have all the birth, marriage, and death records.
William INDIAN was baptized 09 Jul 1813 in Alston, Cumberland, England. He married Ann HARDY on 23 Nov 1837 in Alston; both fathers were named Thomas. William died 02 Dec 1871 in a mining accident in Auckland, Durham, England. I believe that it was Ann, his widow, who married William FOSTER/FORSTER (not sure which spelling it should be). The reason I say this is that if you look at the 1881 census in Tanfield, Durham, England, for William FOSTER and his wife Ann, he has a step-son Jacob. Jacob was the son of William INDIAN and Ann HARDY, and the ages fit.
Children of William INDIAN and Ann HARDY include:
1. Susannah INDIAN b. c1839, m. Thomas PATTINSON, no known children to them.
2. Ann INDIAN b. c1840, m. George PATTINSON, children include Jane Ann b. c1869, Susannah b. c1872, Mary E. b. c1875, Hannah b. c1877, and George M. b. c1884.
3. Margaret INDIAN b. 1842, no further information.
4. John INDIAN b. 1846 Nenthead, m. 1872 Saint Andrew Auckland, emmigrated 1888, settled in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania where he died in 1915. His children include William 1872-1872, Ann Elizabeth 1873-1873, Hannah 1875-1966, Edith Ann 1881-1885, George William 1884-1957, Thomas Ellis 1886-1926.
5. Esther INDIAN b. 1848, m. John GITTINS, children include William Reece b. c1874, Margaret Jane b. c1877, George b. c1879, Emily Ann b. c1881, Susannah b. c1883, Mary b. c1886, John b. c1889, and Thomas b. c1892.
6. William INDIAN b. 1849, m. Barbara BLACK, children include Elizabeth b. c1879, William b. c1881, Winnifred B. b. c1886, Lucy b. c1888, John b. c1890.
7. Thomas Hardy INDIAN b. 1852, m. Mary A. EVANS, emmigrated 1881, living first in Scranton and settling in Covington Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania where he died in the 1920s. His children include Thomas W. b. c1875, John b. 1877, Jacob b. 1880, Mary Ann b. 1882, and Emma b. 1899.
8. Mary INDIAN b. 1854, m. Lancelot SLOWTHER, emigrated 1882, settled in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, where she died in childbirth. Her children include George W. b. 1873, John b. 1876, Jane A. b. c1878, Susannah b. c1880.
9. Emily J. INDIAN 1859-1878
10. Jacob Hetherington INDIAN b. 1861, m. Dinah CHRISTOPHER, children included John C. b. c1890, Thomas S. b. c1891, Lily E. b. c1893, Winifred B. b. c1895, and Beatrice M. b. c1897.
I hope this helps. The children of William and Ann were all born in Alston, Cumberland, England, some of them settling in the United States, some remaining in Cumberland, others moving to County Durham.
