Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet

He was the son and heir of Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (c. 1589 – 1654) of Creedy, by his first wife (and second cousin[2]) Juliana Strode (died 1627), 5th daughter of Sir William Strode (1562–1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, by his first wife Mary Southcott (died 1617), daughter of Thomas Southcott (died 1600), of Indio, Bovey Tracey.

[3] She was a sister of William Strode (1594–1645), MP,[4] one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War.

She is shown as one of his seven daughters sculpted in relief on the mural monument of Sir William Strode in Plympton St Mary Church.

He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 2 December 1631 aged 19.

[7] He had no surviving male children and was succeeded by his nephew, John Davie, 3rd Baronet (1660–1692),[6] the eldest son of his younger brother William Davie (1614–1663), a Barrister-at-Law.