First of all, Katherine Longe, nee Busshell, John's wife, was baptised at Netheravon 21 December 1580.
Although John Longe of Netheravon was thought by the genealogist, Charles Edward Long, to have been the son of Thomas and Joane Long of Semington, this cannot be because he is named as executor in the will of his sister, Jane Dicke of Bradford on Avon in 1646 some years after the death of JL of Netheravon in 1630. In addition this John Longe is described as Clothier in a Quitclaim of 1599 whereas JL of N was consistently described as Farmer.
I do however think it very possible that JL of Netheravon was the son of the younger Thomas Longe of Semington, also son of Henry Longe and Mary Horton, who was husband of Isabella and died in 1591 ( the elder Thomas died in 1593).
John was the eldest son of the younger Thomas and executor of his will. He is almost certainly the John Longe, farmer, who is recorded as having by his wife Jone, children, Ane bapt 15 Apr 1590 and Nicholas, bapt18 Mar1594/5, both at Semington.
Jone w. John, Farmer was buried 3 April 1595 at Semington, and Nicholas s. John and Jone, farmer on 29 Jan 1595/6. The final reference to John Longe, farmer in the Semington registers is the burial of a daughter, Maude on 19 May 1596.
It would be very reasonable that John Longe remarried Katherine Busshell but there is no record of such a marriage that I am aware of, quite probably because there is a gap in the Netheravon registers about this time.
Howver in the Trowbridge registers there is a record of the baptism of John, son of John and Katherine Longe his wife in February 1598/9. It is significant that there is no other reference to John and Katherine in the Trowbridge registers but the two names appear regularly in the Netheravon registers from 1603.
I hope very much this is of interest and assistance.
Regards, William Long.
(received from William Long)
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