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Venn: Adm. pens. at Caius, Apr. 27, 1612, age 16. S. of Reginald, of Colby, Norfolk, gent. School, N. Walsham. Matric. 1612; Scholar, 1612-9; B.A. 1615-6; M.A. 1619. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Sept. 19; priest, Sept. 20, 1619. Curate for a while at Denton, Norfolk, and Wrentham, Suffolk. Went to N. England in 1637, where he was for many years minister at Dedham, Mass. Assisted John Eliot in missionary work amongst the Indians. Overseer of Harvard College, 1654. Married (1) at Wrentham, 1622, Margaret Morse; (2) 1653, Katherine, dau. of Dr John Deighton, and widow of Sam. Hagbourne, and of Gov. Thomas Dudley. Died Aug. 26, 1671. (D.N.B.; J. G. Bartlett.)