death_date religion birth_place nationality parents birth_date article_title education name occupation
1910 congregationalist manchester , new hampshire united states henry martyn dexter 1846 henry morton dexter
 yale university , 1867 andover theological seminary , 1870 henry morton dexter clergyman , historian , editor
henry morton dexter

`` not to be confused with henry dexter , founder of american news company '' henry morton dexter -lrb- 1846 -- 1910 -rrb- was an american clergyman , historian , and editor , born in manchester , new hampshire , son of henry martyn dexter .
he graduated from yale university in 1867 , where he was a member of skull and bones , and from andover theological seminary in 1870 , spent three years in travel , was ordained to the congregational ministry , serving as pastor of the union church at taunton , massachusetts -lrb- 1873-78 -rrb- .
from 1878 to 1891 he was editor of `` the congregationalist '' .
during several visits to england and the netherlands he made investigations particularly of the history of the pilgrims and early american colonists , and he prominently promoted the erection of a memorial tablet to john robinson at leyden , holland , in 1891 .
besides magazine articles on historical subjects , he is author of `` the story of the pilgrims '' -lrb- 1899 -rrb- and `` england and holland of the pilgrims '' -lrb- 1905 -rrb- .
