Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Newport, Rhode Island, Decatur ya kasance kyaftin din kasuwanci kafin juyin juya hali. Ya auri Ann Pine; ban da ɗansu, suna da wasu yara biyu, Lieutenant James Decatur, wanda aka kashe a cikin aiki a 1804 a lokacin Barbary Wars
, da kuma Ann Decatur McKnight.