Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tōna pāpā he hōia i te wā o te Pakanga o te Rangatiratanga. Ko tana tupuna, ko George Dent, te Tumuaki o Maryland. Ko te kaiwhakawa a Thomas Dent, Matua, te tupuna tupuna o tōna tupuna. Ko te whānau Dent tētahi wāhanga o te hapori o Maryland mai i te tīmatanga o te koroni. Ko tana tama he toa moana o te
Ngā Pakanga Barbary, Kapene John H. Dent. I mahue a George Dent i tona whanau me te mahi a te iwi i muri i tana neke ki Georgia i te tau 1802 ka noho tata ki te tekau ma rua maira mai i Augusta. I mate ia i te tau 1813 i roto i tetahi aitua eke hoiho, ka tanumia ki tana maara.