Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Newport, Rhode Island, ko Decatur he rangatira kaipuke i mua i te Huringa. I marenatia ia ki a Ann Pine; hei taapiri ki ta raua tama, e rua atu a raua tamariki, ko Lieutenant James Decatur, i mate i te mahi i te tau 1804 i te wa o te
Ko nga Pakanga Barbary, ko Ann Decatur McKnight.