Henry Venn BD (1796 - 1873)

Born 10 Feb 1796 in Clapham, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Sykes) Venn — married 21 Jan 1829 (to 1840) in North Ferriby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1873 at age 76 in Mortlake, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Henry Venn BD was born in Clapham, Surrey, England.

Henry Venn BD is Notable.

Henry Venn was born on 10 Feb 1796 and baptised on 30 Mar 1796 at Holy Trinity, Clapham, Surrey, England. ^[1]
He was the son of John Venn and Catherine (Kitty) King.

Education Henry matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1814, graduated B.A. as nineteenth wrangler in 1818, and was elected a Fellow of his college in January 1819. He graduated M.A. in 1821 and B.D. in 1828.

He was ordained deacon of Ely in 1819, and priest in 1820, and soon afterwards took the curacy of St Dunstan-in-the-West. He remained there four years then returned to Cambridge in 1824, where he was a lecturer, and then a tutor.
He was proctor in 1825, and for a short time evening lecturer at Great St Mary's.
In 1826 he was appointed by an old friend of his family, named Wilberforce, to the incumbency of Drypool, Kingston upon Hull.
He resigned his fellowship in 1829 on his marriage.
In 1834 he accepted the living of St John's, Holloway, in the gift of Daniel Wilson who was then vicar of St Mary's Church, Islington, which he held for twelve years.
He was appointed a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral in 1846. ^[2]

Marriage

Rev. Henry Venn married Martha Sykes on 21 Jan 1829 at North Ferriby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. ^[3]

CHILDREN:

1. Henrietta Venn baptised 10 Nov 1832 at Drypool St Andrew, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. ^[4]
2. John Venn
3. Henry Venn

Death

He passed away on 13 Jan 1873 at Mortlake, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth/Baptism Entry: Citing this Record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWQ2-PL5 : 21 March 2020), Henry Venn, 1796.
2. ↑ Henry Venn https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=VN814H&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50
3. ↑ Marriage Entry: Martha Sykes married Rev. Henry Venn on 21 Jan 1829 at North Ferriby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Citing this Record: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL71-TYZ : 10 February 2018), Henry Venn and Martha Sykes, 21 Jan 1829; citing North Ferriby,York,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,482.
4. ↑ Baptism Entry: Henrietta Venn baptised 10 Nov 1832 Citing this Record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYSJ-JMV : 19 September 2020), Martha in entry for Henrietta Venn, 1832.

• Wikipedia: Henry Venn (Church Missionary Society)

• John R. Gibbins Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Venn, John (1834–1923)

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN8-1S7 : 8 November 2017), Henry Venn, Islington, Middlesex, England; citing Islington, Middlesex, England, p. 5, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Venn, Cambridge Alumni John Venn (Neither referring to Henry Venn of this Profile nor his son, John Venn.)

It is an interesting observation that neither John Venn FRS FSA the original author of Alumni Cantabrigienses nor his son, who continued his work from 1923 (when his father died) till his own death in 1958, have an entry in the Alumni Cantabrigienses.

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