GARDNER MEMORIAL: Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter Of Cape Ann, 1624; Salem, 1626-74. 1933
By F. A. Gardner
Gardner Memorial: A biographical and genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter, Cape Ann, 1624, Salem (Naumkeag), 1626-1674, through his son Lieut. George Gardner. He is referred to as Planter, and Overseer at Cape Anne and moved to Salem 1626, as the Cape Anne soil was too poor for agriculture. Thomas was born about 1592. Family records, wills, and several generations of descendants are traced. English immigrants by the name of Gardner, Gardiner and Gardener, and Gardenar spellings came to New England with the earliest settlers.
(295p., Illus, Index, 1933) (352 actual p.)