Subscription and ordination records all say born in Cambridgeshire; those for 1712 say in 1689, those in 1713 1688.
Ordination 15/6/1712 says curate of Lolworth; G/1/11 21/2/1713 curacy in diocese of Lincoln.
VENN: Adm. sizar (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, June 24, 1706. S. of William, butler of the College. B. at Cambridge. School, Stafford. ' Matric. 1706; B.A. 1709-10; M.A. 1713. Incorp. at Oxford, 1721. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 15, 1712; C. of Lolworth, Cambs.; priest, Feb. 21, 1713-4 (Litt. Dim. from Lincoln). Headmaster of Pocklington School, 1717-39. V. of Hayton and Beilby, Yorks. Died Jan. 18, 1739. M.I. at Pocklington. Brother of William (1714).