Background
He was baptised on 6 December 1612, at Sandford. He was the son and heir of Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (c1589-1654) of Creedy, by his first wife (and second cousin) Juliana Strode (d1627), 5th daughter of Sir William Strode (1562-1637), Member of Parliament, of Newnham, Plympton Street Mary, Devon, by his 1st wife Mary Southcott (d1617), daughter of Thomas Southcott (d1600), of Indio, Bovey Tracey. She was a sister of William Strode (1594-1645), Member of Parliament, 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 Street Mary Church.