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Revision as of 19:44, 4 February 2012
John Davie (1640-?) was a merchant based in Bideford, Devon, England.[1]
John Davie was the son of John Davie and Marie Sutton who married in 1638. He in turn married Mary Luscombe.
John was active in the tobacco trade.
In 1682 he was an alderman and took statements in the Bideford witch trial.[2] In 1684 he bought Orleigh Court, Buckland Brewer.
His son, Joseph Davie inherited Orleigh Court.[3] His daughter Henrietta Maria married Walter Moyle on 6 May 1700. Another daughter Anne Davie married William Clevland, and was the mother of John Clevland.
References
- ^ Tobbacco Trade Bideford Chamber of Commerce website accessed 15 January 2011
- ^ Sabine Baring-Gould (1908)
- ^ Orleigh Court, Buckland Brewer, British Listed Buildings website accessed 15 January 2011
Sources
- Baring-Gould, Sabine (1908). Devonshire Characters and Strange Events. London: John Lane.