The Jersey City Jaffins came from central Lithuania and were originally surnamed Peretz being descendants and Spanish Jews kicked out of Castilia in 1492. The Jersey City Jaffins are descended from Israel Jaffin who arrived in Jersey City about 1880.
I am Daniel Jaffin Yurman, great grandson of Israel Jaffin and grandson of Abraham E. Jaffin, MD,(1884-1952) of Jersey City, NJ.