Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet
Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and served as Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1621-2 and as Sheriff of Devon. He was created a baronet in 1641.
Davie was the son and heir of John Davie of Sandford and Crediton, Devon by his wife Margaret Southcote, daughter of George Southcote, of Calverley, Devon.
He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 22 February 1605, aged 16. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for the newly enfranchised constituency of Tiverton in Devon. He served as Sheriff of Devon from 1629 to 1630 and was created a baronet on 9 September 1641.
Davie married twice. His first wife was Juliana Strode, fifth daughter of Sir William Strode, MP. She was a sister of William Strode, MP, one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War. She died on 14 May 1627 and was buried at Sandford on 25 May 1627 where there is a mural monument to her in the church. By Juliana he had children including:
- Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet, eldest son and heir, MP for Tiverton.
- William Davie of Dar., 2nd son, barrister-at-law, who married Margaret Clarke, daughter of Sir Francis Clarke , a merchant of the City of London and member of the Levant Company, by whom he had children including:
- *Sir John Davie, 3rd Baronet, eldest son, MP for Saltash 1679–85, Sheriff of Devon in 1688, died unmarried.
- *Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet, second son and heir to his brother.
Davie's second marriage was to Isabel Hele of Gnaton, Devon, by whom he had a daughter:
Davie died in 1654 at the age of about 66 and was buried at Sandford on 13 October 1654.
