-- Gen: 38: 28-29 "And it
came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a
hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a
scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' (29)
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that,
behold his brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore
hast thou made a breach for thyself?' Therefore his
name was called PEREZ.
-- Gen: 46: 12 "And the
sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and PEREZ,
and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of PEREZ were Hezron and Hamul.
-- Num: 26: 20-21 "And
the sons of Judah after their families were: of
Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of PEREZ, the
family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the
Zerahites. (21) And the sons of PEREZ were: of
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the
family of the Hamulites".
-- Rut: 4:12 ".... and let thy house
be like the house of PEREZ, whom Tamar bore unto
Judah, of the seed which HaShem shall give thee of
this young woman".
-- Rut: 4:18 "Now these are the
generations of PEREZ: PEREZ begot Hezron;."
-- Neh: 11:4 "And in Jerusalem dwelt
certain of the children of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the
son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of
Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel,
of the children of PEREZ;..."
-- Neh: 11: 6 "All the sons of PEREZ
that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore
and eight valiant men.
-- 1Chr: 2:4 - 5 "And Tamar his
daughter-in-law bore him PEREZ and Zerah. All the
sons of Judah were five. The sons of PEREZ: Hezron,
and Hamul"
-- 1Chr: 4: 1 "The sons of Judah:
PEREZ, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal".
-- 1Chr: 9:4 "Uthai the son of
Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of
Bani, of the children of PEREZ the son of Judah".
-- 1Chr: 27: 3 "Of the children of
PEREZ was he, and the chief of all the captains of
the host for the first month.
-- Gen: 38:28-29 "While
she was giving birth, one infant put out his hand;
and the midwife, taking a crimson thread, tied it on
his hand, to note that this one came out first. (29)
But as he withdrew his hand, his brother came out;
and she said; "What a breach you have made for
yourself!" So he was called PEREZ."
-- Gen: 46: 12 "The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, Shelah, PEREZ, and Zerah--but Er and Onan
had died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of PEREZ
were Hezron and Hamul.
-- Nu 26:20-21 "The
Judahites were: through Shelah the clan of the
Shelahites, through PEREZ the clan of the Perezites,
through Zerah the clan of the Zerahites. (21) The
Perezites were: through Hezron the clan of the
Hezronites, through Hamul the clan of the Hamulites".
-- Ru 4:12 "With the
offspring the LORD will give you from this girl, may
your house become like the house of PEREZ, whom Tamar
bore to Judah".
-- Ru 4:18 "These are the
descendants of PEREZ: PEREZ was the father of Herzon..."
-- Ne 11:4 "In Jerusalem
dwelt both Judahites and Benjaminites. Of the
Judahites: Athaiah, son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah,
son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mehallalel,
of the sons of PEREZ".
-- Ne 11: 6 "The total of
the sons of PEREZ who dwelt in Jerusalem was four
hundred and sixty-eight valiant men".
-- 1 Ch 2:4- 5 "Judah's
daughter-in-law Tamar bore him PEREZ and Zerah, so
that he had five sons in all. (5) The sons of PEREZ
were Hezron and Hamul".
-- 1 Ch 4:1 "The
descendants of Judah were: PEREZ, Hezron,Carmi, Hur
and Shobal".
-- 1 Ch 9:4 "Among the
Judahites was Uthai, son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son
of Imri, son of Bani, one of the descendants of
PEREZ, son of Judah".
-- 1Ch 27:3 "....a
descendant of PEREZ, he was chief over all the
commanders of the army for the first month
Genealogy from:...... Abraham Isaac Israel (Jacob) Judah Perez Hezron Ram Amminadab Nahshon Salmah Boaz Obed Jesse David Salomon......
(1 Chronicles, Ch. 1-3).
******
In the book
"Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc" by Abraham I. Laredo (Madrid, CSIC, 1978), Laredo
writes: "Allegoric biblical name carried by Judath's
sons and the grandsons of the patriarch Jacob, signifying
"breaking off " or break-up"
[Genesis XXXVIII,29]
Other possible
spellings: Peretz
(Biblical Hebrew),
Peret, Perets, Pharez,
Parez, Pereç, Peris.
King David
and the Ark
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The origin of
Perez derives from the medieval custom of taking the name of
an ancestor as a family name to confirm belonging to this
family. It is a patronymic name derived from Pero, Pedro,
Petrus, Petros, etc. The suffix "ez"
means "descendant of". Perez was already abundant
in the middle ages.
It is also
believed that Perez comes from the apostle Simon, whom Jesus
called "Kefas" or rock in Aramaic; "Petros"
in Greek, "Petrus" in Latin. "Pedro" in
Spanish, etc, etc, to nominate him as the first pope, or
"rock", foundation of the church.
Some say that
Perez could derive from the name of the pear tree; peral.
DIFFUSION
of PEREZ/PERES ...........................
........ .......... ...........
"The Rabbi
Jacob Toledano, in his book "Sepher Ner ha-Maarav" relates the following tradition, according to which
the Perez family, one of the most famous ones that came from
Spain to Morocco during the expulsion of 1492, installed
themselves, first in Dades, (a southern valley of Morocco),
and then in Talouet, (south too), on the territories that the
family had acquired. They sought to preserve their genealogy,
which origins went back to biblical times. Having been
prosperous and grown larger, this family branched out through
Morocco". (A.
Laredo)
Today
the surname is widely extended throughout the world, mostly
in Spain and Latin America. There are innumerable families
with this surname, of very different backgrounds and
ethnicity and without any relation or family ties among them.
Because of the abundance of Perez, some added the name of the
region where the family lived after the surname, so they
could be distinguished from others.
The World
Biographical Index ,
internet edition, contains 4,250 persons from around the
world with this surname, that have contributed in some way to
humanity.
SOME
EXAMPLES AMONG the MANY PEREZ/PERES in HISTORY from ANTIQUITY
to MODERN TIMES:
Anara
Pérez:
year 1075. SpanishLand owner. (Memorias Históricas del Principado
de Asturias y Obispado de Oviedo. Carlos González de Posada
- Tarragona 1794).
(WBI).
Fernando
Pérez de Traba: year 1154. Militar. (Dic. de Historia de España,Madrid 1952). (WBI).
Isaac
Pérez:
year
1245 -(?) Rabbi, religious scholar and
physician from Girona, Spain. (WBI).
From an inventory of archive
documents: "Judios de Toledo", edited by Pilar L.
Tello, Madrid 1979: [Many
of these Middle Ages documents deal with land, tax, census,
conversion, or any thing that had to be notarized].
Pérez,
Rabbi (no
given name).
Pérez, Cristóbal:
converso.
Pérez, Ferrand: previously Suleman, son of Abadias.
Pérez, FernanPortocarrero.
Pérez,
Alfonso de Sevilla: previously Yusaf Abensabad.
From the
book "Los Hijos de Ibero-Franconia" by Nissim
Elnecave, Ediciones La Luz Buenos Aires, 1981:
On
page 280:
Pascual
Pérez de Almaçan:1414, converso
from Calatayud.
Miguel
Pérez:1414, distinguished
converso from Calatayud.
On
page 634:
Haim
Pérez:1650 Egypt, was executed by
the Sultan following the catastrophes of that year.
On
page 966:
Manuel
Bautista Péres: 1600's Portugal. Trader. Was
burned at the stake in Lima, Peru in 1639, for "Judaizante" (converso practicing
Judaism). Also
mentioned in the Enciclopedia judaica castellana, México
1948-51. (WBI)
From
"Los Judeoconversos de España y America" by
Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, Colección Fundamentos II Ediciones
ISTMO, Madrid I.S.B.N.: 84-7090-013-7, 1988.
On
page 93:
Diego
Pérez de Albayda:1516. Converso,
stripped of his job and possessions for being of Jewish
descendant.
On
page 157:
Dr. Diego Pérez de Valdivia:1526-1589.
Converso, professor and missionary, denounced and imprisoned
in Cordoba. (WBI)
On
page 140:
Manuel Bautista Pérez:
Converso, born in 1593 in Sevilla,
Spain. Was tried and condemned by the
inquisition. (mentioned
above). (WBI)
On
page 164:
Miguel
Pérez de Almazán: converso. He was secretary of King Ferdinand
of Castille. He wrote the "De Liberis Educandis", a treatise on pedagogy.
On
page 214:
In 1496
the conversos were ordered to leave the kingdom by King
Ferdinand, but he would not deprive himself of the services
of his converso secretaries, Santangel and Pérez de
Almazán.
On
page 216:
1588,
King Philipe II distrusted so much the "new Christians"
...but curiously he had for many years as secretary, Antonio Pérez, who was accused by many of being
one of them, although never proved.
There
are some controversial opinions about Antonio Pérez.
Supposedly he was involved in the murder of Escobeda,
justifying it for state reasons. Apparently because of this,
Philipe II lost his trust in Pérez and had him arrested. But
Pérez escaped and spent the rest of his life in France,
where he wrote his memories. (From Juan .Ramón Pérez web page -in Spanish-).
Fray Juan Pérez:1473(?). Priest, confesor of Queen Isabela.
He was a great influence, so the projects of Cristopher
Columbus would be accepted by the Spanish crown.
Javier Pérez de Cuellar:1920
-. Peruvian diplomat, fifth Secretary General of the United
Nations (1982-1991).
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel:1931
- . Argentine sculptor, architect and humanitarian. Nobel
price for peace in 1980.
In
Spain, Pérez seems to be more abundant in Asturias, Castilla
and Andalucia. In Latin America it exists since its
discovery, and one of the countries where is more abundant is
Mexico. Throughout the centuries Pérez has been present in
all the nobiliary institutions in Spain. There have been many
"casas solariegas" (Ancestral Mansions) with this surname.
For more
detailed information on Pérez genealogy and heraldic, in
Spain and Latin America, visit Juan Ramón Pérez web page,
(in Spanish).
MY DIRECT
ANCESTORS in SPAIN & PUERTO RICO: Ten generations.
It is almost
impossible to trace one's ancestry when dealing with the
surname PÉREZ, because of obvious reasons.... unless you have
clear information on your line of ancestry, it would be a monumental
chore.........
As of
June 2004 the initial information has changed, three new
generations, from the XVII and XVIII centuries, have been discovered. The oldest ancestors
known in my family are Juan Pérez and María Sánchez, born in
Spain, probably in the town of Magacela, in the province of Badajoz,
Extremadura. With the marriage of one of their sons,
who emigrated to Puerto Rico, the surname Pérez Manzo
-
later Manso or Peremanso-
appeared, and was used until the middle of the XIX century, when it evolved
into only Pérez.
Regrettably the parochial archives of Magacela, Spain,
were destroyed during the Spanish civil war, thus it is almost impossible to
trace back the ancestors of the Perez Sanchez family.
I-
Juan Pérez b: ca. 1668 in Spain.
Sp: María Sánchez b: Spain.
...II-
Juan Pérez Sánchezb: ca. 1698 in Magacela, Extremadura, Spain.
m: 29 Jan. 1725 in San Juan, P.R. d: 27 Dec.1764 in San Juan,
P.R.
Sp: Lucía Manzo García b: 17 May 1700 in San Juan, P.R.
Daughter of Juan Manzo and Ana García.
........III-
Ignacio Pérez Manzo b: 17 Feb. 1735 in San Juan, P.R. m: 30
Dec. 1758 in Arecibo, P.R.
Sp: Marcela de Guzmán b: Oct. 1732 in Arecibo, P.R.
d: ca. 1788. Daughter of Tomás de Peña de Guzmán and Juana Muriel.
............IV- Juan
Pérez Manzode Guzmán b: 1759
in P.R. m: 31 March 1788 in Caguas, P.R. d: 11 May 1843 in Comerío, P.R.
.........................Sp: Catalina Merced y Martínez b: 1763 in P.R.
d: 30 July 1863 in Comerío, P.R. Daughter of Lázaro Merced and Ma. Rosario Martínez.
...................V-
Bernardo PérezManso y Mercedb: 1791 in Cayey P.R. m:
13 Jan. 1812 in Cayey, P.R. d: 22 Dec. 1871 in Comerío, P.R.
He was one of the founder fathers of the town of Sábana del Palmar, in
June 1826, renamed Comerío in December 1894.
............................Sp: Narcisa de
Rivera Ortíz b: 1794 in Humacao, P.R. d: 9 Sep. 1871 in
Comerío, P.R. Daughter of Eusebio de Rivera
Tirado and Jenara Francisca Ortiz.
.....................VI- Rafael Pérez
Manso de Rivera b: 1813 in Cidra, P.R. m: 18 Feb 1830
in Cidra, P.R. d: 1 Jun. 1895 in Comerío, P.R.
.................................Sp:
Ma. Juana de Jesús de Rivera b: Apr. 1816 in Cidra, P.R. d: 26
May 1860 in Comerío.
Daughter of Estevan Santos de Rivera de Luna and Petrona del Rosario Hernández.
Sp 2: Ma. Tomasa de Santiago Colón b: 1834 in Comerío, P.R. m:
3 June 1863 in Comerío, P.R. Daughter of Felix de Santiago and Ma. del
Carmen Colón.
Sp 3: Ma. Concepción Rosario y Torres b: 1847 in Cidra, P.R. m:
11 Feb 1867 in Comerío. Daughter of Silvestre Rosario y Rivera and Anastasia
Torres y Hernández.
...........................VII- Felix Pérez de Riverab:
15 May 1840 in Cidra, P.R. m: 3 Feb. 1872 d: 22
Feb. 1911 in Bayamón, P.R.
........................................Sp:
Matilde Vázquez Berrios b: ca.1846 in Comerío, P.R. d:
ca.
1892 in Comerío, P.R. Daughter of Cirilo Vázquez Miranda and Ma. Concepción
Berrios.
..................................VIII- Eloy Pérez Vázquezb: 1877 in Comerío, P.R. m: 2
March 1901 in Bayamón, P.R. d: 19 July 1916 in Bayamón, P.R.
.................................................Sp:
Ma. Adelaida Julia Otero Cuyar b: 16 Oct. 1883 in Bayamón, P.R. d:
31 March 1957 in Santurce, P.R. Daughter of Manuel Vicente Otero
Ramírez and Josefa Matilde Cuyar Otero.
..................................................Ch:
1) Julia Matilde Pérez Otero b: 1904 in Bayamón, P.R. d:
1929 in Bayamón, P.R.
.........................................................2)
Guillermo Pérez Otero b:
14 July 1906 in Bayamón, P.R. d: 24 Sep. 1997 in Hato Rey, P.R.
..............................................................Sp:
Mercedes Vélez Herrera b: in Añasco, P.R. d:
in Santurce, P.R.
...............................................................Ch:
One
.............................................IX-
3) Eloisa Pérez Oterob: 3 Sep. 1907 in Bayamón, P.R. m:
23 Dec. 1937 in Santurce. d: 3 Dec. 1990 in Santurce,
P.R.
.............................................................Sp:
José Rafael Maymí Nevárez b: 06 Dec. 1903 in Toa Alta, P.R. d:
10 April 1951 in Santurce, P.R. Son of Francisco Maymí Izquierdo and
Rita Nevárez Landrón.
.......................................................4)
Jorge Pérez Otero b:
26 Oct. 1909 in Bayamón, P.R. d: 15 April 1985 in Cupey, P.R.
.......................................................5)
Ana Maria Pérez Otero b: 02 April 1911 in Bayamón, P.R. d:
23 Sep. 1997 in Santurce, P.R.
.......................................................6)
Adela Pérez Otero b:
1912 in Bayamón, P.R. d: 1914 in Bayamón, P.R.
......................................................7)
Enrique Pérez Otero b:
29 Aug. 1915 in Bayamón P.R. d: 16 Aug. 1991 in Rio
Piedras, P.R.
..........................................................Sp:
Josefina Baralt Mata b: in Fajardo, P.R. d: 27
April 2002 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
............................................................Ch:
Two
This
is all what I know for now, about my direct Pérez ancestry.
Nevertheless, I have some collateral information that could be of interest
to some. You may contact me at the e-mail below, and if you have new documented information
about this branch of the Pérez family, and wish to
share it, I will be very appreciative.
.Books
mentioned above ...Family documents & oral history.....Family
History Library microfilmes
Archivo
Histórico Diocesano &
Catedral of San Juan records. Censuses
and Church records of: Arecibo,
Caguas, Cayey, Cidra& Comerío.
Marriage
dispensations.
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Norma Feliberti, MD Benjamin
Nahman Arturo Pérez Pérez Mathilde Tagger Web
Graphics Providers
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information and links on: Middle AgesSpain,
the Sephardim, Puerto Rico and others, see
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-- Gen: 38: 28-29 "And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' (29) And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?' Therefore his name was called PEREZ.
Isaac
confirm belonging to this family. It is a patronymic name derived from Pero, Pedro, Petrus, Petros, etc. The suffix "ez" means "descendant of". Perez was already abundant in the middle ages.
Anara Pérez: year 1075. Spanish Land owner. (Memorias Históricas del Principado de Asturias y Obispado de Oviedo. Carlos González de Posada - Tarragona 1794). (WBI).
From an inventory of archive documents: "Judios de Toledo", edited by Pilar L. Tello, Madrid 1979: [Many of these Middle Ages documents deal with land, tax, census, conversion, or any thing that had to be notarized].
MY DIRECT ANCESTORS in SPAIN & PUERTO RICO: Ten generations.
I- Juan Pérez b: ca. 1668 in Spain.
b: 3 Sep. 1907 in Bayamón, P.R. m: 23 Dec. 1937 in Santurce. d: 3 Dec. 1990 in Santurce, P.R.
documented information about this branch of the Pérez family, and wish to share it, I will be very appreciative.
SOURCES:
Books mentioned above ...
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For more detailed information and links on: Middle Ages Spain, the Sephardim, Puerto Rico and others, see my Study of surname Maymí/Maimí.
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