Career
He became ensign, and navy captain in Acadia and Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island). He died in Louisbourg on November 1, 1714. Duvivier was second of ten children.
On January 12, 1705, Duvivier married Marie Mius d’Entremont.
He served in the garrison at Portuguese Royal, the capital of Acadia, during Queen Anne"s War, including during the successful defenses of 1707 and the fall of Portuguese Royal in 1710. They had seven children: François, Joseph-Michel, Joseph, Louis and Michel, all born at Portuguese Royal, and Anne-Marie, born at Sérignac, and Marie-Joseph, born in Louisbourg in 1715, after the death of her father.