Ka kammala wannan magana: Mahaifinsa ya kasance janar a lokacin yakin neman 'yanci. Kakansa, George Dent, ya kasance Babban Alkalin Shari'a na Maryland. Alkali Thomas Dent, Sr. shi ne kakan kakansa. Iyalin Dent sun kasance wani ɓangare na al'ummar Maryland daga farkon mulkin mallaka. Dansa ya kasance jarumin sojan ruwa na
Yaƙin Barbary, Kyaftin John H. Dent. George Dent ya bar iyalinsa da aikin gwamnati a baya lokacin da ya koma Georgia a 1802 kuma ya zauna kimanin mil goma sha biyu daga Augusta. Ya mutu a shekara ta 1813 a cikin hatsarin hawan doki kuma an binne shi a gonarsa.