His father was Pedro del Alcantara Benavides?, and his mother was Maria Josefa de la Cerna?.
He married Juana Josefa Ramirez Hinojosa, daughter of Jose Cristobal Ramirez and Maria Matiana Hinojosa in Revilla. Her father owned Revilla 17 grant, Zapata County.
In 1767, he was granted Revilla 23 by the King of Spain.