 He was born in Rouen, in 1639, and was baptized at Quevilly, the principal Huguenot church of the city, on September 25.Pierre arrived in England in October 1681 and appears together with his wife Anne in the denization list dated 26 June 1682.He was made free of the Goldsmiths’ Company Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths on 21 July 1682 and took Simon Pantin as his apprentice in 1686.