This page lists those members of the Venn family whose origins we are researching. Entries in italics are inferred or uncertain, or have been supplied by other researchers and not personally verified by us. The list does not include children known to have died in infancy. Please contact Chris and Linda Warren if you feel that the family listed here is connected with your own research.
The starting point for this tree is a "Henry Venn of Peyhembury" who married Jane Good in 1727 (we have found two possible candidates, sons born in 1704/5 to Edward Venn and to John Venn of Haskins). This branch of the Venn family lived in Kings Nympton and Chulmleigh from 1735 until well into the 19th century, branching out into other nearby parishes including Bishops Nympton and Chittlehampton. During the 19th century some of their descendants moved further east towards Tiverton, and are recorded in the parishes of Cruwys Morchard, Cheriton Fitzpaine and Templeton. By the end of the 19th century the family had spread to Devonport, Crediton and Willand.
Many of the names below are linked to a more detailed record in the on-line family tree (people marked with an asterisk do not have a full record). When you click on a link, the linked record will be displayed in a separate window. There you can see the family relationships as we understand them, together with notes on what we have found in parish registers, census returns and other records. All the places named below are in Devon unless otherwise indicated.
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Henry Venn
Born 1704/5 Payhembury Married 1727 (Jul 6) Exeter Cathedral (children listed in table 1) Buried 1788 (Jun 11) Kings Nympton | Jane Good Born about 1702 Warkleigh Buried 1772 (Jan 23) Warkleigh |
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Elizabeth Venn*
Baptised 1731 (Apr 29) Warkleigh Married 1761 (Jul 31) Farringdon Buried 1797 (Mar 4) Kings Nympton | Thomas Hammond Buried 1805 (Feb 23) Kings Nympton |
| Henry Venn
Baptised 1734 (Apr 29) Warkleigh Married 1761 (Mar 29) South Molton (children listed in table 2) Married 1796 (Oct 26) Kings Nympton Buried 1808 (Aug 16) Kings Nympton | Sarah Govier Baptised 1740 (Mar 30) George Nympton Buried 1789 (Mar 22) South Molton Elizabeth Turner (née Carpenter) Buried 1820 (Dec 31) South Molton |
| John Venn
Baptised 1736/7 (Mar 16) Kings Nympton Married 1760 (Apr 7) Bishops Nympton (children listed in table 3) Buried 1814 (May 11) Bishops Nympton | Mary Tapp Baptised 1739 (Dec 4) Bishops Nympton Buried 1814 (May 22) Bishops Nympton |
| Richard Venn
Baptised 1739/40 (Jan 30) Kings Nympton Married 1766 (May 5) South Molton (children listed in table 4) Buried 1822 (Dec 22) Tawstock | Mary Gould Buried 1800 (May 30) Tawstock |
| William Venn Baptised 1739/40 (Jan 30) Kings Nympton Buried 1778 (May 22) Kings Nympton |
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Henry Venn
Baptised 1761 (Nov 22) Kings Nympton Married 1784 (Jun 14) Kings Nympton (children listed in table 5) Died 1821 (Feb 5) Kings Nympton | Ann Cheldon Baptised 1760 (Oct 12) Romansleigh Died 1796 (Jul 19) Kings Nympton |
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John Venn Baptised 1760 (Dec 12) Bishops Nympton |
| Henry Venn Baptised 1762 (Sep 8) Bishops Nympton Buried 1824 (Aug 4) Bishops Nympton |
| Richard Venn Baptised 1765 (Dec 5) Bishops Nympton Buried 1839 (May 27) Bishops Nympton |
| Mary Venn Baptised 1768 (Jun 29) Bishops Nympton |
| William Venn Baptised 1770 (Mar 28) Bishops Nympton Buried 1799 (Jul 28) Bishops Nympton |
| Jane Venn Baptised 1773 (Feb 24) Bishops Nympton Buried 1796 (Mar 25) Bishops Nympton |
| Thomas Venn*
Baptised 1776 (Sep 15) Bishops Nympton Buried 1859 (Oct 30) Bishops Nympton |
| Sarah Venn Baptised 1779 (Feb 5) Bishops Nympton |
| Betty Venn Baptised 1782 (Feb 23) Bishops Nympton |
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Henry Venn
Baptised 1767 (Jun 24) Kings Nympton Married 1798 (Jan 28) Landkey Married 1830 (Jan 2) Bishops Tawton Buried 1855 (Jun 16) Bishops Tawton | Christian Ward Baptised 1748 (May 4) Landkey Buried 1829 (Feb 8) Bishops Tawton Elizabeth Dendle* (née Priscott) Buried 1853 (Mar 17) Bishops Tawton |
| William Venn Baptised 1771 (Nov 13) Kings Nympton | |
| Jane/Jenny Venn Baptised 1773 (Dec 13) Kings Nympton Buried 1788 (Dec 23) Tawstock | |
| John Venn Born about 1775 (no details known) Married 1802 (Oct 31) Fremington | Elizabeth Hobbs |
| Richard Venn Baptised 1777 (Jan 21) Tawstock |
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Henry Venn
Baptised 1784 (Sep 12) Romansleigh Married 1809 (Jan 17) Kings Nympton (children listed in table 6) Died 1863 (Jan 19) Kings Nympton | Elizabeth Hulland Baptised 1787 (Dec 26) Kings Nympton Died 1862 (Jul 12) Kings Nympton |
| William Venn
Baptised 1787 (Jan 11) Kings Nympton Married 1813 (Apr 9) Cruwys Morchard (children listed in table 7) Buried 1867 (Apr 20) Cruwys Morchard | Mary Maunder Baptised 1787 (Feb 22) Washford Pyne Buried 1847 (Feb 18) Cruwys Morchard |
| Samuel Venn
Baptised 1788 (Nov 5) Kings Nympton Married 1811 (Apr 9) Chulmleigh (children listed in table 8) Died 1876 (Jun 10) Lapford | Mary Godbear (or Godbeer) Baptised 1781 (Mar 6) Chittlehampton Died 1867 (Oct 11) Kings Nympton |
| John Venn
Baptised 1791 (Oct 17) Kings Nympton Married 1815 (Nov 21) Chittlehampton (children listed in table 9) Buried 1869 (Jan 27) Chittlehampton | Mary Grace Camp Baptised 1787 (Feb 19) Chittlehampton Buried 1846 (Oct 8) Chittlehampton |
| Richard Venn
Baptised 1795 (Jan 11) Chulmleigh Married 1817 (Dec 4) Cheriton Fitzpaine (children listed in table 10) Buried 1859 (May 22) Cheriton Fitzpaine | Elizabeth Furzeman* (or Fursman) Baptised 1792 (Jan 30) Shobrooke Died 1871 (2nd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine |
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William Venn
Baptised 1809 (Nov 19) Kings Nympton Married 1831 (Apr 5) Kings Nympton (children listed in table 11) Died 1880 (Apr 24) Shaldon | Mary Ann Markey Baptised 1812 (Oct 16) High Bray Buried 1888 (Sep 10) Shaldon |
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Ann Venn
Baptised 1813 (Oct 3) Kings Nympton Married 1840 (May 4) Kings Nympton Buried 1859 (Nov 22) Kings Nympton | William Hunt* Baptised 1804 (May 6) Kings Nympton Buried 1844 (Oct 7) Kings Nympton |
| Richard Venn
Baptised 1819 (Jul 8) Kings Nympton Married 1845 (Apr 16) St Martins, London (children listed in table 14a) Died 1851 (4th Qtr) Westminster, London | Sarah Ann Harridge (see below) |
| Elizabeth Venn*
Baptised 1822 (Dec 15) Kings Nympton Married 1862 (Nov 27) Kings Nympton Buried 1888 (Jun 20) Kings Nympton | Amos Adams Baptised 1824 (Jan 4) Romansleigh Buried 1890 (Feb 17) Kings Nympton |
| Henry Venn
Baptised 1828 (Jul 27) Kings Nympton Married 1856 (Jul 17) St Martins, London (children listed in table 14b) Died 1891 (2nd Qtr) Hammersmith, London | Sarah Ann Venn* (née Harridge) Born 1816 (Aug 12) Marylebone, London Died 1896 (4th Qtr) Hammersmith, London |
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Ann Venn
Baptised 1814 (Feb 20) Cruwys Morchard Married 1836 (Nov 3) Cruwys Morchard Married 1844 (Nov 4) Cruwys Morchard Buried 1874 (Jan 9) Cruwys Morchard | Richard Newcombe Buried 1838 (Mar 12) Cruwys Morchard Richard Pope* Baptised 1818 (Dec 13) Cruwys Morchard Buried 1895 (Apr 27) Cruwys Morchard |
| Henry Venn
Baptised 1818 (May 4) Cruwys Morchard Married 1849 (May 11) Cruwys Morchard (children listed in table 12) Died 1886 (Sep 3) Cheriton Fitzpaine | Mary Quick Baptised 1828 (Jan 31) Puddington Died 1899 (Feb 5) Starcross |
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Mary Venn*
Baptised 1813 (Jan 3) Kings Nympton Married 1847 (Jul 29) Kings Nympton Married 1869 (1st Qtr) South Molton Died 1894 (1st Qtr) Lapford | John Norrish Baptised 1802 (Nov 14) Kings Nympton Buried 1865 (Oct 6) Chulmleigh George Saunders Baptised 1813 (Jan 19) Chulmleigh Died 1902 (1st Qtr) Lapford |
| Ann Venn Baptised 1817 (Mar 9) Chulmleigh |
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John Venn
Baptised 1819 (Mar 21) Kings Nympton Married 1848 (Mar 29) Poughill (children listed in table 13) Buried 1902 (Mar 6) Willand | Grace Lock Baptised 1824 (Mar 28) Puddington Buried 1899 (Dec 31) Willand |
| Elizabeth Venn*
Baptised 1821 (May 19) Kings Nympton Married 1850 (Sep 1) South Molton Died 1877 (3rd Qtr) South Molton | James Bendle Buried 1871 (May 11) South Molton |
| Ann Venn*
Baptised 1826 (Apr 30) Kings Nympton Buried 1857 (May 31) Chittlehampton |
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Sarah Venn* Baptised 1818 (Mar 15) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1864 (Jun 30) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1883 (1st Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine | George Maunder Baptised 1822 (Apr 7) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1915 (3rd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine |
| Henry Venn*
Baptised 1820 (Mar 26) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1856 (May 12) Tiverton Buried 1883 (May 11) Tiverton | Jane Crocker Died 1903 (1st Qtr) Tiverton |
| Ann Venn Baptised 1822 (Oct 27) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1848 (Mar 30) Cheriton Fitzpaine | Henry Melhuish |
| John Venn*
Baptised 1825 (Jan 2) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1862 (Feb 27) Upton Pyne Died 1875 (2nd Qtr) Exeter | Jane Hooper Baptised 1840 (Mar 1) Zeal Monachorum Died 1925 (2nd Qtr) Exeter |
| Samuel Venn Baptised 1827 (Apr 8) Cheriton Fitzpaine | |
| Elizabeth Venn*
Baptised 1831 (Mar 27) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1861 (Mar 20) Butterleigh Died 1902 (2nd Qtr) Halberton | Francis Chubb Baptised 1829 (Feb 11) Bickleigh |
| Eliza Venn*
Baptised 1834 (Feb 23) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1861 (Oct 30) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1882 (4th Qtr) Sandford | Daniel Way Baptised 1837 (Apr 23) Poughill |
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Matilda Markey Venn
Baptised 1832 (May 6) Kings Nympton Married 1854 (Feb 28) Combeinteignhead Died 1898 (1st Qtr) Croydon, Surrey | George Honeywell* Baptised 1824 (Oct 31) Combeinteignhead Died 1893 (1st Qtr) Torquay |
| Emmeline Venn
Baptised 1834 (Jan 1) Kings Nympton Married 1857 (Jun 16) Combeinteignhead Died 1916 (Feb 24) Lismore, NSW, Australia | John Husking Baptised 1832 (Nov 25) South Brent Died 1918 (Aug 12) Lismore, NSW |
| Richard Venn
Baptised 1836 (Jul 26) Kings Nympton Married 1857 (Jan 31) Torquay (children listed in table 15) Married 1892 (Dec 31) Jackson, Michigan Died 1908 (Jul 7) Charlotte, Michigan | Charlotte Frances Brinning Baptised 1829 (Aug 30) Kenton Died 1889 (Dec 15) Charlotte, Michigan Rachel Atwood (née Elmer) |
| Henry Venn
Baptised 1840 (Jun 28) Combeinteignhead Married 1861 (Jun 9) Plymouth Living in Michigan at 1880 US census | Isabella Patch* (née Matthews) Baptised 1821 (Mar 11) Colaton Raleigh Living in Michigan at 1880 US census |
| Samuel Venn
Born 1842 (Jun 28) Combeinteignhead Married 1872 (Apr 27) Devonport (children listed in table 16) Died 1919 (Jan 7) Devonport | Emily Brown Born 1844 (Oct 31) Penstraze, Cornwall Died 1922 (Nov 11) Devonport |
| Eliza Markey Venn*
Baptised 1843 (Sep 3) Combeinteignhead Buried 1904 (Apr 12) Shaldon | |
| Elizabeth Ann Venn*
Baptised 1845 (Aug 24) Combeinteignhead Buried 1922 (Dec 4) Shaldon |
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John Venn
Born 1850 (Mar 10) Cruwys Morchard Married 1873 (Dec 3) Budleigh Salterton (children listed in table 17) Married 1904 (Jan 20) Topsham Buried 1927 (May 4) Crediton | Hester Collings Born 1846 (Mar 10) Exmouth Buried 1903 (Mar 21) Crediton Jane Tucker* Born 1860 (4th Qtr) Petrockstowe Died 1922 (4th Qtr) Crediton |
| Elizabeth Venn*
Born 1854 (4th Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1945 (4th Qtr) Exeter | |
| Mary Ann Venn*
Baptised 1856 (Feb 10) Cheriton Fitzpaine Buried 1908 (Jun 4) Crediton | |
| Emma Jane Venn*
Born 1857 (3rd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1880 (Dec 27) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1948 (Apr 29) Exmouth | Richard Luxton Moore Baptised 1854 (Aug 27) Crediton Died 1925 (1st Qtr) Crediton |
| Ellen Venn*
Born 1859 (3rd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1882 (1st Qtr) Manchester Living in Trafford, Manchester at 1911 census | Frederick George Wilson Born 1858 (3rd Qtr) Wirksworth, Derbys |
| Fanny Venn*
Born 1860 (4th Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1886 (2nd Qtr) Launceston, Cornwall Died 1914 (Dec 8) Launceston, Cornwall | John Henry Barriball Born 1861 (3rd Qtr) Werrington Died 1926 (Feb 11) Launceston, Cornwall |
| Alice Venn*
Born 1862 (4th Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1898 (Aug 1) Yeovil, Somerset Died 1950 (2nd Qtr) Thanet, Kent | George Robert Wigg Born 1867 (3rd Qtr) Kensington, London Died 1951 (4th Qtr) Thanet, Kent |
| Annie Venn*
Baptised 1864 (Nov 6) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1892 (2nd Qtr) Manchester Living in Trafford, Manchester at 1911 census | Ernest Harris Born 1869 (1st Qtr) Manchester |
| Eva Blanche Venn Baptised 1867 (Aug 11) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1892 (3rd Qtr) Crediton | Octavius Nelson Born 1868 (2nd Qtr) Crediton |
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Eli Venn*
Baptised 1849 (Mar 4) Poughill Married 1879 (Dec 27) Templeton Died 1926 (4th Qtr) Tiverton | Jane Cornwall Baptised 1837 (Mar 12) Templeton Died 1916 (4th Qtr) Tiverton |
| John Venn
Baptised 1850 (Nov 3) Washford Pyne Married 1873 (Jul 15) Kingsbridge Died 1923 (Jun 10) Nottingham, Notts | Elizabeth Collings Sargent* (née Weymouth) Baptised 1838 (Jan 7) Salcombe Died 1909 (4th Qtr) Newark, Notts |
| Lucy Venn*
Baptised 1853 (Jan 16) Loxbeare Died 1927 (1st Qtr) Willand | |
| Reuben Venn*
Baptised 1854 (Nov 26) Loxbeare Married 1878 (2nd Qtr) St Ives, Hunts Died 1887 (2nd Qtr) Cambridge, Cambs | Fanny Ann Viles Born 1860 (2nd Qtr) Somersham, Hunts Died 1932 (3rd Qtr) near Manchester, Lancs |
| Lydia Venn*
Baptised 1857 (Dec 27) Loxbeare Buried 1905 (Aug 9) Willand | |
| Mary Alice Venn*
Baptised 1859 (Oct 16) Loxbeare Died 1945 (1st Qtr) Honiton | |
| Albert Venn*
Born 1861 (4th Qtr) Templeton Married 1901 (Oct 30) Cullompton Died 1954 (Jan 3) Yeovil, Somerset | Anna Maria Knight Baptised 1872 (May 9) Cullompton Died 1906 (Sep 27) Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Som |
| Levi Venn
Born 1867 (Mar 20) Templeton Married 1896 (Nov 16) Ottery St Mary Died 1938 (Aug) Sevenoaks, Kent | Ellen Maud Baker* Born 1870 (Nov 26) Ottery St Mary Died 1938 (Jul) Sevenoaks, Kent |
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Richard Henry Venn*
Born 1846 (1st Qtr) Strand, London Died 1885 (1st Qtr) Hammersmith, London | |
| William Edward Venn*
Born 1851 (3rd Qtr) Strand, London Married 1897 (2nd Qtr) Chelsea, London Died 1919 (4th Qtr) Kensington, London | Mary Blackburn |
| Henry Venn*
Born 1856 (4th Qtr) Strand, London Married 1886 (1st Qtr) Westminster, London Died 1913 (4th Qtr) Brentford, London | Caroline Louise Couling |
| Elizabeth Harridge Venn
Born 1860 (3rd Qtr) Strand, London Married 1888 (Jun 9) Westminster, London | George Edward Lewis |
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Adeline Ellen Venn* Born 1863 (Sep 20) Torquay Married 1883 (Sep 26) Windsor, Ontario Died 1926 (Sep 7) Detroit, Michigan | George Washington Loomis Born 1854 (Apr 7) Lyon, Michigan Died 1905 (Nov 7) Charlotte, Michigan |
| Florence Venn*
Born 1866 (Dec 4) Torquay Married (date and place unknown) Married 1902 (Oct 6) Charlotte, Michigan Died 1927 (Sep 6) Lansing, Michigan | Joseph McNally Charles L Carr |
| Olive Blanche Venn*
Born 1870 (Jun 16) Torquay Married 1894 (Nov 15) Charlotte, Michigan Died 1936 (Oct 23) Los Angeles, California | Dudley W Jones |
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William Albert Venn
Born 1873 (Apr 7) Devonport Married 1898 (Aug 29) Devonport Married 1913 (Dec 1) Gloucester Died 1920 (Jun 24) Plymouth | Elizabeth Jane Willcock Born 1867 (Feb 25) Devonport Died 1910 (Aug 15) Plymouth Lillian Blanche Saunders Born 1874 (1st Qtr) Gloucester Died 1943 (Jan 7) Gloucester |
| Samuel Ernest Markey Venn
Born 1876 (Jul 9) Devonport Married 1933 (Oct 14) Plymouth Died 1948 (Apr 4) Crapstone | Lucy Annetta Yeo* (née Parsons) Born 1890 (Feb 10) Plymouth Died 1979 (Jun 15) Plymouth |
| John Archibald Venn
Born 1878 (Sep 30) Devonport Married 1905 (Aug 5) Plymouth Died 1950 (Jul 3) Saltash, Cornwall | Mary Alice Turner Born 1872 (Jan 15) Plymouth Died 1970 (2nd Qtr) Liskeard, Cornwall |
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Hubert John Venn* 1874 (Sep 11) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1903 (Jun 29) Crediton Died 1918 (Apr 10) Vimy, France | Rosa Alice Eyles Born 1877 (1st Qtr) Exeter |
| Roderick Harry Venn*
Born 1876 (1st Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1948 (4th Qtr) Exeter | |
| Hester Mary Venn*
Born 1877 (3rd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married 1930 (4th Qtr) Crediton Died 1950 (4th Qtr) Crediton | Charles Edward Jewell Born 1876 (4th Qtr) Budleigh Salterton Died 1945 (1st Qtr) Crediton |
| Amy Isabel Venn*
Born 1878 (Nov 6) Cheriton Fitzpaine Married (date unknown) Madras, India Died 1969 (3rd Qtr) Hounslow, London | Frederick Blease |
| Margaret Alice Venn*
Born 1880 (2nd Qtr) Cheriton Fitzpaine Died 1941 (Mar 14) Exeter | |
| Tom Walters Venn*
Born 1882 (Jan 25) Crediton Married (date and place unknown) Died 1973 (1st Qtr) Blackpool, Lancs | Margaret Frances Greig Born 1885 (1st Qtr) Wimbledon, Surrey Died 1956 (2nd Qtr) Bedford, Beds |
| Alan Collings Venn*
Born 1884 (Dec 26) Exmouth Married 1910 (Dec 21) Sydney, NSW Died 1968 (Jul 9) Earlwood, Sydney, NSW | Emily (or Emma) Piddington Born 1884 (Jul 26) Hanwell, Middlesex Died 1968 (Aug 22) Brisbane, Queensland |