Jacob married Anna Barbara HIRE on 03 Jul 1743 in Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Anna (daughter of Leonard HEIER and Clara Grace LUETZLER) was born in 1724 in Benken, Baselland, Switzerland; died in 1774 in Hampshire, , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth SHOBE was born in 1746 in , Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died in 1812 in Hardy, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
2. Rudolph "Little Rudy" SHOBE was born in 1748 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA; died on 02 Apr 1828 in Hardy, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
3. Eve SHOBE was born in 1754 in Hampshire, , Virginia, USA; died in 1831.
4. Martin SHOBE was born on 27 Apr 1763 in , Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in , , Virginia, USA.
5. Abraham SHOBE was born in 1863 in Hampshire, , Virginia, USA.
6. Flora SHOBE