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I am not related - this is part of a transcription project.
from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. XXVIII.
"GREGORY DEXTER - Born Olney, England, about 1610; died Providence, R.I., 1700; learned printing at London, England, where he set up in business. He also ministered to a Baptist society in that city. He came to Providence about 1638 and was the first practical printer to live here, but did not work at his trade in this colony. It is said that Mr. Dexter once visited Cambridge, Mass., to help the printer in that town put his office in order. For many years he was one of the colony assistants under the charter of Charles II.; also served as town clerk and held other public offices. He was the fourth minister of the First Baptist Church in Providence. His residence was built of logs and stood on the east side of what is now Benefit street, near its junction with North Main street. During King Phillip's war Mr. Dexter, with his wife, went to Long Island and remained there until apparent danger had passed. He returned to find his home desolate and two of his sons numbered with the dead. He rebuilt his house on the site opposite the city watering place at the summit of Constitution Hill. He was the progenitor of the Dexter family, one of whom (Ebenezer Knight Dexter) gave to the city the Dexter Asylum and Dexter Training Ground."
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