The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. 92, pg. 34 shows the ancestry back several more generations, but has James' father as Thomas Harris Jr., born 1782, and his mother as Lucy Rogers, born 1786, both appearing too young to be James' parents. That, along with the fact that James' surname is different than his presumed father's, makes the lineage doubtful. The line is carried back from there to Thomas Harris (1759-1802) and Elizabeth Minor (1760-1842), married 1780. This Thomas Harris enlisted, 1777, in Col. Israel Putnam's regiment. He was present at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Germantown and Valley Forge. In 1778 he was assigned to the Commander-in-Chelf Guard, and served as sergeant under Capt. William Colfax. He was born in New London, Ct. Severance mentions the surname was earlier spelled "Keeney" and that James' marriage certificate has it spelled this way (Severance, B. Frank. Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland and of John Stewart who came to America in 1718 and settled in Londonderry, N.H. Greenfield, Mass. : T. Morey & Son, 1905, pg. 143).