Josefa de Ayala Benavides was the daughter of Juan Jose de Ayala and Ana Maria Baez de Benavides.
She requested a dispensation to marry Lucas Garcia de Quintanilla on 23 Feb 1667 in Monterrey. Dispensation source: Guerra et al., Index to the Marriage Investigations of the Diocese of Guadalajara, vol.1 p.22 (1-3).