He attended Phillips Exeter Academy[1] and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795, where he studied theology.

In 1800 Noyes moved to Brattleboro, Vermont and focused on business pursuits.

He was a member of the firm of "Noyes, Mann and Hayes", one of the earliest chain stores in America.

The other members of the firm were Jonas Mann and Rutherford Hayes Jr.[2] Noyes served as presidential elector Vermont in 1804.

John Humphrey Noyes was an American utopian socialist who founded the Oneida Community in 1848.