page_title: Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière
section_title: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière / Early career
caption_attribution_description: Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org. Author: Sanson, Nicolas Publisher: Mariette, Pierre Date: 1656 Location: Martinique Dimension 31x42cm Scale: ca. 1:216,000 Call Number: G5080 1656 .S26x
context_page_description: Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière was a French soldier who was interim governor of Martinique in 1646–47 when the governor, Jacques Dyel du Parquet, was the prisoner of Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy, governor of Saint Christophe.
context_section_description: Jérôme du Sarrat, sieur de La Pierrière was originally from Gascony.
  He married Anne Houdan.
  He was a French officer and a deputy of Jacques Dyel du Parquet in the 1640s.
  On 21 November 1645 the Jesuit Charles Hempteau married du Parquet to Marie Bonnard of Paris.
  La Pierrière was one of the witnesses.
  The marriage seems to have been secret.
caption: Martinique in 1656. The east of the island was still occupied by Caribs.
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