 Servois was born on 18 July 1767 in Mont-de-Laval, France to Jacques-Ignace Servois, a local merchant, and Jeanne-Marie Jolliet.Not much is known about his early life except that he had at least one sibling, a sister with which he would eventually move in with after his retirement.He attended several religious schools in both Mont-de-Laval and Besançon with the intention of becoming a priest.