The governor in July 1653 awarded him one of the few fiefs to constitute territory in North America, the first in Acadia, and the second in Canada, the Barony of Pobomcoup.
The fiefdom, which operated under the same conditions as Europe's feudal system, is one of many solid pieces of evidence that Philippe was a noble in France.
Pobomcoup, meaning in Mi'kmaq "land from which the trees have been removed to fit it for cultivation",[2] extended from Cap-Nègre (Clyde River) to Cap-Fourchu (Yarmouth).
He was then created a procureur du roi (King's attorney) in Acadia by Governor Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine, a post he retained until 1687.
White,[7][8] a well-known Acadian genealogist, nor the Dictionary of Canadian Biography,[1] identify Philippe's parents.