His father was Capt. Blas Canales Montemayor, and his mother was Maria Baez de Benavides.
He married Maria Tomasa Salinas.
Jose Florencio Canales. He married Gertrudis Hinojosa, daughter of Marcelino Hinojosa and Rosa Maria Saldua on 1 Sep 1778 in Mier.
Feliciana Canales, born 1763. She married Vicente Hinojosa, son of Manuel Hinojosa [Jr.] and Juana Sanchez.