Ka cika wannan jumla: An haife shi a kusan shekara ta 1645, mai yiwuwa Exquemelin ɗan asalin Honfleur ne, Faransa, wanda bayan ya dawo daga fashin teku ya zauna a Holland, wataƙila domin shi ɗan Huguenot ne. A shekara ta 1666 Kamfanin Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya na Faransa ya yi aiki da shi kuma ya tafi Tortuga, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin bawa na shekaru uku. A can ya yi rajista tare da buccaneers, musamman tare da ƙungiyar Henry Morgan, wanda amintacce ne shi, mai yiwuwa a matsayin mai aski-likita, kuma ya kasance tare da su har zuwa 1674. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka ya koma Turai kuma ya zauna a Amsterdam inda ya cancanci ƙwarewa a matsayin likitan tiyata, sunansa ya bayyana a cikin rajista na 1679 na Dutch Surgeons 'Guild. Koyaya, daga baya ya sake kasancewa a cikin Caribbean kamar yadda sunansa ya bayyana a cikin jerin sunayen likitoci a cikin
kai hari kan Cartagena a shekara ta 1697.