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Venn: Matric. pens, from EMMANUEL, Easter, 1611. S. of John (1570), R. of Skirbeck. Bapt. at Boston, Oct. 5, 1595. B.A. 1614-5; M.A. 1618. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 16; priest, Mar. 17, 1616-7. For some years ministered in Lincolnshire. Went to New England, arriving June 5, 1632. Pastor at Charlestown, Mass. Removed, 1637, to Newhaven, Conn. Returned to England, c. 1647. Minister at Needham Market, Suffolk, 'hired by the town, 1650'; ejected, c. 1661. Presbyterian preacher at West Greeting, 1680. Nonconformist preacher till his death, Feb. 1682-3, aged c. go. (Felt, i. 159; J. G. Bartlett.)