Was Benjamin Dexter a Minuteman?

Question

My grandmother left notes in her records as Benjamin Dexter is a direct descendant, that Benjamin was a minuteman soldier along with his son Joseph. Is there any truth or document to this fact?

Answer 1

His cousin Ichabod, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dexter-551 , was, according to his profile.

Answer 2

There was a Sergeant Benjamin Dexter of Rochester with Nathaniel Hammond’s 2nd Rochester Company who marched from Rochester to Marshfield 20 Apr 1775.

Lexington Alarms; Vol. 12, page 132.

"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-CSLG : 17 March 2018), Benjamin Dexter, 20 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,709.

FamilySearch has more military records for Benjamin Dexter from the 1700’s. Another record that includes the above has additional entries for Benjamin and other Dexters:

"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-R262 : 6 June 2023), Benjamin Dexter, 20 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711083.