There are 9 possible christening records on FamilySearch for Joseph Midgley between 1650 and 1691. As such the early life of Joseph is uncertain, but the most likely record and early life is:
Joseph Midgley was born in about 1678 in Adel, West Riding of Yorkshire, and he was christened on the 7th of April 1678. His father was Samuell Midgley.[1]
Joseph Midgley married Mary Holmes on the 29th of October 1701 in Saxton in Elmet, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/AdelBaptisms1655-1679.html
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