GARDNER: Thomas Gardner, Cape Ann 1623-1626, Salem 1626-1674, & some of his descendants. 1907By Frank A. Gardner This is a publication on the Thomas Gardner family, showing the life and descendants of this Cape Ann and Salem, Massachusetts settler who lived from 1623 1674. 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. He was born about 1592. Family records, wills, and several generations of descendants are traced. English immigrants by the name of Gardner,