Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet

Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet (1662–1707) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton in Devon, inherited the Davie baronetcy and the Davie estates from his elder brother Sir John Davie, 3rd Baronet (1660–1692), MP for Saltash 1679–85 and Sheriff of Devon in 1688,[2] who died unmarried at the age of 32.

[3] He was the younger son of William Davie (1614-1663) of Dar.(?

),[4] barrister-at-law (second son of Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (c. 1589-1654) of Creedy) by his wife Margaret Clarke (d.1702), daughter of Sir Francis Clarke (1622/3-c.1690), a merchant of the City of London and member of the Levant Company.

[5] He married twice, but left no male children, as follows: He died leaving no sons and was buried on 24 March 1707 at Sandford.

His heir to the baronetcy and to the Davie estates was his first cousin Sir John Davie, 5th Baronet (died 1727), son of Humphry Davie (born 1625), a merchant in the City of London (a younger son of the 1st Baronet), by his wife Mary White.