As a young man he served in Portugal before coming to Quebec in 1665 as a Lieutenant in the Carignan-Salières Regiment.
He returned to France after the raids but came back to North America in 1670.
He accepted the surrender of Jemseg on the Saint John River, Port-Royal and Fort La Tour at Cap de Sable.
In 1672, he married Marie-Françoise, daughter of the attorney-general of New France, Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière, at Quebec.
Their daughter, Louise Élisabeth de Joybert, married Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor of Montreal and New France.