Born in Montreal, he was the son of Constant Le Marchand de Lignery (c.1663-1731). Generally referred to as "Lignery", he served against the Mesquakie (Fox) in 1734-35, the Chickasaws in 1739, in Acadia in 1745-46, and played a role in Braddock's Defeat in 1755. He defeated John Forbes advance led by Major Grant near Fort Duquesne in 1758, but died in an ambush near Niagara in 1759.

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[Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume III (1741-1770)I am a lawyer working as Assistant to the Grand Chief of the Atikamekw Nation of central Québec. I am preparing the definitive Biographical Dictionary of Aboriginal History (North of the Rio Grande)in English. In preparing the dictionary, I have labored to standardize and clear the spelling French and Spanish names to conform to proper usages.]