History of Plympton, (Plymouth County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Henry Martyn Dexter, clergyman, was born at Plympton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821. He was graduated from Yale in 1840 and from Andover theological seminary in 1844. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry Nov. 9, 1844, and preached at Manchester, N.H., 1844-49; and at the Pine (afterward Berkeley) Street Congregational church, Boston, 1849-67. He was editor of the Congregationalist, 1851-66, and of the Congregational Quarterly, 1859-66. In 1867 the Congregationalist was combined with the Recorder, and Mr. Dexter became editor-in-chief, resigning his pastorate to devote his whole time to the work. He preached at Dorchester, Mass., 1869-71, and delivered lectures at Andover theological seminary, 1877-80. He was made a member of the American antiquarian society in 1869; of the Massachusetts historical society in 1869, and of the American historical association in 1884. He received the degree of A.M. from Brown in 1863; that of D.D. from Iowa college in 1865, and from Yale in 1880; and that of LL.D. from Yale in 1890. His published works include: The Moral Influence of Manufacturing Towns (1848); The Temperance Duties of the Temperate (1850); Our National Condition and its Remedy (1856); The Voice of the Bible the Verdict of Reason (1858); Street Thoughts (1859); Twelve Discourses (1860); What Ought to be Done with the Freedmen and the Rebels (1865); Congregationalism (1865); The Verdict of Reason upon the Future Punishment of Those who Die Impenitent (1865); A Glance at the Ecclesiastical Councils of New England (1867); The Church Polity of the Pilgrims the Polity of the New Testament (1870); Pilgrim Memoranda (1870); As to Roger Williams and his Banishment from the Massachusetts Colony (1876); The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years as Seen in its Literature (with a bibliographical Appendix of 7250 titles. 1880); A Handbook of Congregationalism (1880); Roger Williams's Christenings make not Christians : a Long-lost Tract Recovered and Exactly Reprinted and Edited (1881); The True Story of John Smyth, the Se-Baptist (1881); Common Sense as to Woman Suffrage (1885); Early English Exiles in Amsterdam (1890); and Elder Brewster's Library (1890); besides many contributions to cyclop?dias and periodicals, a manuscript Bibliography of the Church Struggle in England during the Sixteenth Century; and an unfinished Study of the English and Dutch Life of the Plymouth Men. He left to Yale 2000 volumes on the New England Puritans. He died in New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1890.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Plympton, (Plymouth County) Massachusetts

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