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VENN: Adm. pens. aged 24 10 Jul. 1772, 'A Ten Year Man'; 2nd son of William (and Bethia, dau. of Rev. Adams of Blackawson, Devon); born 1748 in Bedfordshire. Matric. Michs 1782; BD (Stat. Eliz.) 1783; ord. priest Hereford 4 Oct. 1772; curate St Nicholas, Hereford 1772; R Whitburn, Durham, 1791-1810; curate of Hackney, Middx., minister of Upper Clapton chapel 'for many years', and minister of St John's Hackney until his death. Married Juliana, dau. of Theophilus Lane of Poston Court, Herefs. Author of Sermons; Letter of Consolation and Advice from a Father to his Daughter on the Death of her Sister - which ran through several editions, the 5th in 1818 having a biographical introduction by his son, Jelinger. Died 12 Feb. 1810 at Clapton. Buried 19 Feb. 1810 at Hackney. Father of Jelinger (1793) (CCEd ID 77257) and of Henry John (1848 (CCEd ID 21767). See SJC Adm. IV, 503; Burke LG; G. Mag. 1819, I, 190; HM Wood.