[1] His brother was François Rolle de Laubière, who later led militia forces on Martinique when Goursolas was acting governor.
[1] At the end of 1652 the governor of Martinique, Jacques Dyel du Parquet, returned to France for health reasons.
[5] On 24 February 1653 Goursolas married Jeanne Hurault, daughter of Claude Jacques Huralt, esquire, and Anne Vinet.
[7] After his death his wife Marie Bonnard du Parquet took charge of the island as regent in the name of her oldest son, Dyel d'Esnambuc.
200 were carried by sea in five ships under François de Loubière, 200 advanced by land around Mount Pelée and 200 by Morne des Gommiers.
Their villages were burned, and de Loubière built a small fort on the north coast of Martinique to block their return.
[10] On 15 September 1658 the King appointed du Parquet's son Governor and Lieutenant General of Martinique and Saint Lucia, with his uncle Adrien Dyel, sieur de Vaudroques to act in his place until he reached the age of 20.