The Jaffray is derived from the old norse names - Godafrid and Guðifriðr. It appears that the name was introduced by the normans. In Scotland the name originates in the Borders area not long after the conquest. 

Current research identifies the earliest known ancestor of our Jaffray line as James Jaffray of East Lothian. However little is known of the family until Euphemia Jaffray his great-great-granddaughter whose son William Hardie migrates to Australia in 1879

My Jaffray ancestry goes back 10 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links

• James Jaffray married Elizabeth Simsone
  • Patrick Jaffray 1680 - ? married Eupham Nisbet
    • John Jaffray ~1717 married Margaret Lindorse
      • Peter (Patrick) Jaffray 1751 - ? married Euphemia Swine
        • Euphemia Jaffray 1798 - 1875 and David Hardie
          • William Hardie 1833 - 1918 married Janet Stoddart
            • George Hardie 1871 - 1945 married Joan Kitching
              • Douglas James Hardie 1917 - 2012 married Doreen Bain
                • My father