Torcuato Benjumeda was born on 4 January 1757, he was baptized on 9 January in the Priory Church and his father was born in Mlaga
Baptized on 9 January in the Priory Church, Benjumeda's godfather was the architect Torcuato Cayon. His father was born in Malaga, son of Francisco Benjumea and Ana Francisca de Galves, and his mother was a native of San Pedayna in Genoa, daughter of Cayetano Laguada and Rosa Bertorela. Torcuato Jose Benjumeda y Laguada was born in El Puerto de Santa Maria on 4 January 1757. 
