Jamaica Connection
Some sources claim that the body of John Bradshaw had previously removed by his son, James or John Bradshaw, who re-buried his father's remains on a hill near Martha's Brae on the island of Jamaica and marked the spot with a cannon. A location now known as "Gun Hill" is 2.5 miles SW of the northern port city of Falmouth, in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. One of the three men had children who removed to Highland County, Virginia. James Bradshaw acquired the land in Jamaica where his fathers remains were buried. Several sources recorded an inscription with the cannon found on Gun Hill, Jamaica, and associate the quote that Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God to John Bradshaw.
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