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Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, June 3, 1751. S. of James, of Wakefield, Yorks. School, Wakefield (Mr Wilson). ' Matric. 1751; Scholar, 1754; B.A. 1755; M.A. 1758. Fellow, 1756. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Sept. 25, 1757. Usher of Wakefield School, 1757. Minister of Petsworth and Kingston, Virginia, 1762-4. President of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1764-71. R. of Williamsbury, 1764-71. Commissary to the Bishop of London. Died at Oporto, Mar. 20, 1772, on his way to England.