The Tafff family line began its American chapter when Irish-born Peter Taaffe and his brother JamThe Taff family line began its American chapter when Irish-born Peter Taaffe and his brother James crossed the Atlantic around 1745 and settled in northern Virginia. Peter married Elizabeth Warden. Their son Peter Taff arrived after 1759 in Hampshire County, Virginia. At seventeen he enlisted in the Revolutionary War with the 7th Virginia Regiment under Colonel Alexanderes crossed