Kammala wannan jumla: Bernardi ya yi aure a shekara ta 1677, ga wata mace 'yar Holland daga dangi mai arziki. James II ya sake kiransa daga Holland a cikin 1687, amma a 1688 Glorious Revolution ya kasance mai aminci ga James kuma saboda haka an tilasta masa ya sake barin ƙasar, ana ba shi umurnin wani rukunin Jacobite lokacin da ya isa Faransa. A bayan da
Yaƙin Killiecrankie an tura shi zuwa Scotland don taimakawa wajen shirya juriya na Jacobite a cikin Highlands, amma gazawar kamfen na James a Ireland ya sa ya yi ƙoƙarin tserewa zuwa kudu zuwa London, kusa da inda aka kama shi yayin ƙoƙarin shiga jirgi zuwa Holland.