What family in England did he come from?
Joseph Brothwell, b. abt 1725 Yorkshire
"It is history that Joseph Brothwell was one of a party attending a Ball in England in 1750 when a Detachment of men surrounded the party and escorted the young men to a British Man-O-War, which soon set sail for America.After the voyage, anchoring in Long Island Sound, young Brothwell resenting this species of impressment, with a companion jumped overboard, and succeeded in reaching land.My question "Is there a way to ferify the above story in the records of the British Navy or was the names of people impressed into the Army on record anywhere?"