Recent scholarship discredits Savage's designation of Mary Ford as the first wife of Aaron Cooke:
Ref for marriage to Mary Cooke in GM is DSGRM 25:54-55 (Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine).--Amelia 20:53, 10 March 2012 (EST)--jrm03063 12:08, 11 March 2012 (EDT)