I have been trying to search my family tree past Jacob for 12 years. Tonight, I finally prevailed and got back all the way to the year 1085.
First of all, Jacob was not an Earl. His father was Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer. Edward had 4 sons, Edward Harley, John Harley, Thomas Harley and Jacob Harley.
The title of Earl is passed down through the family line. Edward inherited the title of 4th Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer from his father, but he didn’t have an heir upon his death so John became the 5th Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer. Thomas Harley was the Lord Mayor of London and Jacob was a tax collector sent to the collect taxes from the colony of Virginia.
This is from John de Harley in 1805 to Jacob Harley in 1730.
John de Harley 1085
married Alice De Leighton
Willian de Harley
born 1120 Harley, Shropshire, England
Died 1148
married Katherine de Croft
Nicholas de Harley
Born 1148 Harley, Shropshire, England
Died 1204 Ludlow, Shropshire, England
married Katherine de Croft
William de Harley
Born 1162 Harley, Shropshire, England
Died 1195
married Margaret de Bostock
Nicholas de Harley
Born 1194
Died 1232 Hereford, Herfordshire, England
married Alice de Presthop and Isabella de Mytton
Robert de Harley
Born 1224 Harley, Shropshire, England
Died 1258 Morton, Shropshire, England
married Alice de Puleston
Richard Harley (aka Robert)
Born 1255
Died 1287
married Burgo Harley
Robert Harley
Born Harley, Shropshire, England
Died 1349 in Brampton, Lincolnshire, England
married Margaret Harley
Brian De Harley
Born 1320 Brampton Castle, Herefordshire, England
Died 1384
married Eleanor De Harley
Brian Harley, of Brampton
Born 1365 Morton, Shropshire, England
married Isolda Harley
Geoffrey Harley
Born 1384 Brampton, Cumberland, England
Died June 10, 1448
married Juliana Harley
John Thomas Harley
Born 1431 Herefordshire, England
Died 1460 in Brampton Bryan Castle, Herefordshire, England
Buried in Brampton
married Joan Hackluyt
Richard Harley
Born 1460 Brampton Bryan Castle,Hereford,England
Died 1530
married Catherne Harley
John Harley
Born 1491 Brampton, Herefordshire, England
Died August 6, 1542
married Anne Harley
John Harley
Born October 29, 1521 Brampton, Herefordshire, England
Died 1606
married Maud Harley
Thomas Harley
born 1548 Brampton, Herefordshire, England
Died March 1641
married Margaret Harley and Ann Harley
Sir Robert Harley
Born March 1, 1579 Brampton Bryan Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
Died November 6, 1656
married Mary Newport, Brilliana Conway and Anne Barret
Sir Edward Harley
Born October 21, 1624 Brampton Bryan Church, Herefordshire, England
Died December 8, 1700 in Brampton Bryan Church, Herefordshire, England
married Mary Button and Abigail Harley
Edward Harley (brother of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl of Mortimer)
born June 7, 1664
Died August 30, 1735
married Sarah Foley
Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer
Born 1699
Died April 11, 1755
married Martha Morgan
Jacob Harley (Tax Collector for the Colony of Virginia)
born 1730
died Died 1754
married Mary Adkins