He was a French soldier attached to the Berthier (L'Allier) regiment of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, a private army which was sent to Quebec, arriving on June 30, 1665, to protect settlers from marauding Iroquois [REF].
When the fighting ended in 1667, part of the regiment was allowed to remain in the New World and settled on land granted by King Louis XIV [REF].