Background
Dexter, Henry Martyn was born on August 13, 1821 in Plympton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Elijah and Mary (Morton) Dexter.
Dexter, Henry Martyn was born on August 13, 1821 in Plympton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Elijah and Mary (Morton) Dexter.
Graduated from Yale, 1840, Andover Theological Seminary, 1844.
Principal, Rochester (Massachusetts) Academy, 1840-1841. Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1844. Pastor church, Manchester, N.H., 1844-1849, Pine Street Congregational Church, Boston, 1849-1867.
Contributor to The Congregationalist member editorial staff, 1851-1856, editor-in-chief, 1856-1890. Sometime correspondent New York Independent. Drew up resolution protesting Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854.
A founder Congregational Quarterly, 1858. Part-owner, editor combined publication Congregationalist and Boston Recorder, 1867-1890. Wrote on church and New England history.
Author: Congregationalism, 1865. The Church Policy of the Pilgrims, 1870. As to Roger Williams, 1876.
The Congregationalism of the Last 300 Years, 1880. A Handbook of Congregationalism, 1880.
Member editorial staff, 1851-1856, editor-in-chief, 1856-1890.
Married Emeline Augusta Palmer, November 19, 1844.