Humphrey Davie, of Boston

Biography

Humphrey Davie, of Boston the son of Sir John Davie, MP, 1st Baronet of Creedy and Juliana Strode

• Humphrey married 1. Mary White.
• Humphrey married 2. Sarah Gibbons

Father of Sir John Davie, 5th Baronet Davie of Creedy

• Brother of Sir John Davie, MP, 2nd Baronet; Julian Davie / Davy; Elizabeth Davie and William Davie
• Half brother of Isabella Davie and Mary Davie.

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Possible Child:

• Edmund Davie - England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Birth: Oct 17 1654
• Christening: Oct 17 1654 - Saint Christopher Le Stocks, London, London, England
• Parents: Humphry Davie, Mary

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Biography

Humphrey Davie was baptised on 24 August 1625.1 He was the son of Sir John Davie, 1st Bt. and Juliana Strode.2 He married, firstly, Mary White, daughter of Edmund White, before 25 May 1655.1 He married, secondly, Sarah Gibbons, daughter of William Gibbons, on 14 December 1683.1 He died on 18 February 1688/89 at age 63.

He was a merchant at London, England.1 He emigrated to New England, U.S.A., arriving on 1662 as a Puritan.1 He was Commissioner of Massachusetts, and organised Devon County in 1664.1 At Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A., (an unknown value).1 He lived at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A..1 He was Deputy General of the Court representing Billerica and Woburn between 1666 and 1679.1 He gained the rank of Captain in 1675 in the service of the Boston Militia.

He was Assistant General of the Court and ex-officio Overseer of Harvard College between 1679 and 1686.1 He held the office of Justice of the First Court of Sessions in 1687.1

References

• Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable: Thirty Families By Ezra S. Stearns. Page 84. GoogleBooks
• The New England Merchants In The Seventeenth Century By Bernard Bailyn. Page GoogleBooks
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... page 629. GoogleBooks
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/medieval/2282
• Oliver Ayer Roberts, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, Vol. 1, 1637-1738, (Boston, 1895), 202.
• History of New London, Connecticut: From the First Survey of the Coast in ... By Frances Manwaring Caulkins. Page 415 - 416. GoogleBooks