DEXTER: Genealogy of the Dexter family in America, descendants of Thomas Dexter & Other allied families. 1905By William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter This book gives the Dexter family genealogy in America a record of the families descending from the very interesting Thomas Dexter of England and New England. There are notes and records on allied families. Mr. Dexter, in the prime of his life in 1630, settled on a farm of eight hundred acres in Lynn, Massachusetts. The house was on the west side of the Saugus River. In 1633 he built a bridge across the river