(a) to establish and to maintain a permanent presence that honors the accomplishments of the Cape Ann party (1624) led by Thomas Gardner; to promote, and to sponsor, scholarly research of a cultural, biographical, historical and genealogical nature, with an emphasis on, but not limited to, the origins and the lives of New England immigrants; to provide means for, and to foster, discussion, and dissemination, of information on those themes; to publish materials periodically and as necessary;  

(b) to encourage participation by, and interaction of, Thomas Gardner descendants through Society membership; to extend the published works of Frank A. Gardner (using modern publication means); to establish, and to document, views based upon timeline data obtained from descendants and other studies; and,

(c) to sponsor a continuing educational mode with regard to interests of the Society.