No problem, Mel.
I may have stumbled on the record of John Lord's birth
.
I examined one of the original census records for Mary Boothman and noted she appeared to be born in Eastby and not in Earby. I then decided to check the records in Embsay and Eastby on FindMyPast but couldn't find any birth records for the area and decided to try Skipton, since when I looked at the marriages Skipton was always displayed in the overview. Instead of Mary I have searched for John and found the following record in FindMyPast (
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?i ... f207889598).
There is a John Lord (b. 24.06.1805; bap. 12.01.1806), son of John Lord of Skipton, a cotton carder, son of James Lord, late of Burnley (I believe) and of Jane, daughter of John Windle of Earby, weaver.
The official transcription is slightly different (
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?i ... f207889598), stating the mother's name as Jane Winale, but I am pretty certain it should be Windle.
This would also make it plausible that John Lord snr. died and Jane Windle remarried Robert Hurst or Hirst. I have found the 1841 census
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?i ... hts=%22%22), which shows that Robert Hurst (b.1776) was living at Foundry Street in Habergham Eaves with Jane Hurst (b. 1781), Ellen Lord (b.1824) and 2 others.
I can't be 100% certain I have the right records but it is pretty convincing.