Gregory Dexter

Gregory Dexter
7th President of Providence and Warwick
In office
May 17, 1653 – May 16, 1654
Preceded byJohn Smith
Succeeded byNicholas Easton (unified with Newport and Portsmouth)
Personal details
Born1610
Northamptonshire England
DiedApril 23, 1700
Providence, colonial Rhode Island
SpouseAbigail Fullerton
Children5
OccupationPrinter, limestone quarry owner, minister
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Gregory Dexter (1610 – c. 1700) was a renowned printer of important and controversial books and pamphlets in London. In New England, he assumed various roles including serving as a consultant to printers, a Baptist minister, an owner of a limestone quarry, and a political figure elected as president of the combined towns of Providence and Warwick in colonial Rhode Island. He is best known as the printer of Roger Williams's book A Key into the Language of America in 1643, the first English translation of a Native American language.