 She was a sister of William Strode (1594–1645), MP, one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War.By his first wife he had children including Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet (1612–1678), his son and heir.Secondly he married Isabel Hele (died 1656) of Gnaton, Devon, by whom he had a daughter Isabell Davie (1631–1673), who in 1649 married Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 1670), MP, of Colyton, Devon.