Peerage Record – 15371

     John Wontner was born on 27 February 1784 at 115 The Minories, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of John Wontner and Ann Wheeler.¹ He married Mary Hoff, daughter of William Hoff and Mary Wilson, on 24 August 1808 at St. James Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England^G.² He died on 7 November 1833 at age 49 at 115 The Minories, London, England^G.¹ He was buried at Bunhill Fields^G.¹
     He was an apprentice clockmaker in 1798.¹ In 1802 at The Minories, London, England^G, he succeeded to his father’s business.¹ He became a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1807.¹ He became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1810.¹ He was Upper Marshall of City of London in 1816.¹ He was Governor of Newgate Prison in 1822, where he won great renown, and subsequently became Marshall of His Majesty’s Gaols.¹

     Mary Hoff was born on 30 December 1784 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of William Hoff and Mary Wilson.¹ She married John Wontner, son of John Wontner and Ann Wheeler, on 24 August 1808 at St. James Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England^G.² She died on 2 November 1862 at age 77 at North Brixton, Surrey, England^G.¹
     From 24 August 1808, her married name became Wontner.¹

     William Hoff was born at Gregby Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹ He married Mary Wilson.¹

     Mary Wilson married William Hoff.¹

     Mary Ann Wontner was born on 23 August 1809 at 115 The Minories, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of John Wontner and Mary Hoff.¹ She married Jalland Jennings Edenborough circa June 1837 at Farringdon, London, England^G.¹ She died on 20 November 1848 at age 39 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹
     From circa June 1837, her married name became Edenborough.¹

     Jalland Jennings Edenborough was born circa 1807 at London, England^G.¹ He married Mary Ann Wontner, daughter of John Wontner and Mary Hoff, circa June 1837 at Farringdon, London, England^G.¹ He died on 12 June 1862 at Southwark, Surrey, England^G.¹
     He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹

     John Wontner was born on 26 July 1811 at 115 The Minories, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of John Wontner and Mary Hoff.¹ He died on 11 September 1821 at age 10 at Walthamstow, Essex, England^G.¹ He was buried at Bunhill Fields^G.¹

     Thomas Wontner was born on 27 February 1813 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England^G.¹ He was the son of John Wontner and Mary Hoff.¹ He married Cloelia Giulietta Coward, daughter of William Blanchard Coward and Mary Smith, on 6 September 1838 at St. John the Baptist, Shoreditch, London, England^G.¹ He died on 19 December 1873 at age 60 at Thames Ditton, Surrey, England^G.¹
     He was a practising Solicitor in 1833.¹ He began his practise in London before 1840 in criminal law as a result of his father’s connections as Governor of Newgate Prison. Founded the firm of Wontner & Sons, who were, for more than sixty years, solicitors to the Metroplitan Police, the Home Office and the Treasury.¹

     William Hoff Wontner was born on 15 July 1814 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England^G.¹ He was the son of John Wontner and Mary Hoff.¹ He married Catherine Smith, daughter of Joseph Purrier Smith, on 28 December 1854 at St. Matthew’s, Denmark Hill, London, England^G.¹ He died on 2 February 1881 at age 66 at Brixton, Surrey, England^G.¹ He was buried at Norwood Cemetery, Surrey, England^G.¹
     He was an architect.¹

     Cloelia Giulietta Coward was born circa 1815 at Genoa, Italy^G.¹ She was the daughter of William Blanchard Coward and Mary Smith.¹ She married Thomas Wontner, son of John Wontner and Mary Hoff, on 6 September 1838 at St. John the Baptist, Shoreditch, London, England^G.¹ She died in 1870.¹
     From 6 September 1838, her married name became Wontner.¹