His paternal grandfather, Savinien I de Cyrano (15??-1590), was probably born into a notable family from Sens in Burgundy. Documents describe him in turn as a "merchant and burgher of Paris" ("« marchand et bourgeois de Paris »" 20 May 1555), "(sea-)fish merchant to the King" ("« vendeur de poisson de mer pour le Roy »") in several other documents in following years, and finally "Royal counsellor" ("« conseiller du Roi, maison et couronne de France »" 7 April 1573). In Paris, on 9April 1551, he married Anne Le Maire, daughter of Estienne Le Maire and Perrette Cardon, who died in 1616. They are known to have had four children: Abel (the writer's father), Samuel (15??-1646), Pierre (15??-1626) and Anne (15??-1652).