Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of Mary Elizabeth Shobe
For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

Sweizter, Maria Clara {I757} (b. , d. ?)

Given Name: Maria Clara

Given Name: Lucy Ann

Note: She was the illegitimate daughter of Anna Elizabeth Greek. She Islisted as the "spurious" daughter of Thomas Hirtle and Anna ElizabethGreek.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/9505/

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Bill Tanner cousin (e mail btanner@sprint.ca)
Title: Bill Tanner cousin
Author: Bill Tanner

Reference: 595

Death: 22 SEP 1883 Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Given Name: Jacob

Note: Jacob and his brother Martin came from Switzerland to America in thesummer of
1737 on the ship "Virtuous Grace", in company with their step-fatherAnthony
Reiger Sr. and his family, and Leinert Heyer Sr. and his family. Thenames of
the twenty persons in this group are given on pages 111 and 112,Volume II, of
Faust and Brambaugh's "Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the EighteenthCentury to the
American Colonies", as coming from Benken in the Canton of Basel. Fora time
they lived in the Tulpehocken region in Pennsylvania, and three morechildren
were born to Leinert and Clara Heyer - Anthony, Magdalene and Eve. By1750 the
Shobes and Hyers were living in the Valley of the South Branch ofPotomac, just
across the river from the present location of Petersburg in GrantCounty, and it
was in this locality Jacob Shobe died. His will was probated March10, 1772.
The name had become anglicized to Shobe by his children and those ofhis brother
Martin.

Jacob and Anna Barbara Hyer were married by the Rev. John CasparStoever.

Jacob's will as recorded in at Romney, WV. The original will iswritten in high
Dutch and the translation as given below was proved by Abraham Hite.

In the name of God Amen I Jacob Shobe in Hampshire County andColony of
Virginia am weak in Body but Sound in memory I give my loving wifeBarbara one
mare branded with a 4 /12 and a Cow which She choseth and the granethat is in
the Stackyard hemp Flax and wool and Woolen yarn and a Side Saddle andthis
shall be her own. Secondly I will to my wife all the money that isDue to me
and my black horse and all the Beds and all the house and Furnitureand all the
Land Except that which I have give to my son Jacob this I give her aslong as
she bears My Name and if She bears my name no more then shall this allcome to
my heirs again Except her third part. 3 I give my son Jacob thatpiece of
Land which he now lives on and shall be his own - beginning at ahickory..........
as the Pon gows to a hickory Saplin marked with three chops from
thence to a black Oak Standing on the Pon Side And all that is on theother Side
of the Pon so far as my right goes. This I give to him and his heirsthis shall
be his part of my Estate and Shall have no more to expect.
The land which I have will to my wife as Long as she bears myName that
shall come to my three sons to wit Rudulf and martin and Abraham tothem and
their heirs ..... my children ...... Shall be Sold and Equily Dividedamong my
Children And my wife shall have her thrid Part of it Elizabeth andFlora and
Barbara and Eve and Rudulf and Martin and Abraham and my son Jacob IDo appoint
to be my Executor of my las will and Testament September 16th in theyear of our
Lord 1771 his
Jacob Schaub
Christopher Ermantrout mark
Martin Shob
The will was presented in court 10 March 1772.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 3, 5

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Hal Phillips (e mail phillip@goodnet.com
Title: Shobe family researcher
Text: Hello Mary,
I saw your request on GenForum for info on parents of Phoebe Barger.
Here
is what I have:
Father: Peter Barger b: 17 Mar 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co,
VA; d:
20 Oct 1877 in Milroy Dist., Grant Co, WV
Mother: Mary Carr b: abt 1797 Hardy CO, VA md 18 Aug 1812 Hardy Co,
VA, d:
16 May 1875 in Milroy DIst, Grant Co, WV.
I have not determined to date which Carr is her father.
Hope this helps.
Hal

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family Connections
Title: two-hundred-fifty years in america
from 1737-1987
Author: Joyce E. Shobe Allen
Publication: Private Publisher
Repository:

Name: Joyce E. Shobe Allen
Address: 220 North Sedgwick
Wichita, Kansas 67203
Note: Private Pulisher

Page: pg 6

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family Connections pg 1, 2 & 3
Title: The Record of The Shobe Family in America From 1737 to 1954
Text that appears on the first 3 pages of the book.
Mary E. Shobe has a original copy of this book in her possesion
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Text: The Shobe ÓFamily
in America
In 1925 a book was published by Faust & Brumbaugh entitled "Lists of
Swiss Emigrants in the eighteenth Century to the American Colonies"
and on page ll0 of Volume II appears the following story:
"A considerable time before the beginning of the year 1737 some
eighteen subjects from Biel-Benken, Arisdorf and other places had come
to Basel, (Switzerland) and expressed their desire to go to Carolina
(America) but the mayor had denied them the Chancery order to their
Obervögte and the Council had up-held his action. Still earlier the
Council had learned of some 'plotting' at the house of the 'Lehnsman'
fief holder or sub-tenant Lienert Heyer on the Rütihard, and ordered
the Obervögte (Magistrate) to look into the matter. The result of his
report of Sept. 4, 1736 was in substance as follows:-
"Lienert Heyer's brother and Antoni Rieger of Benken and Jacob
Küntzlin, a carpenter, and Hans Kapp, a wagon maker, of Münchenstein
had discussed emigration to Pennsylvania. They had been actuated to do
so partly by the letter of Antonio Gondy in praise of Carolina,
written in Charleston, S. C., in 1733, but only lately come into their
possession through a man of Grenzback across the Rhine, and partly by
their own unfavorable circumstances. The carpenter and the wagon-maker
had complained of the growing competition in their trades and all of
them had arrived at the conviction that their heavy debts and the five
percent interest they had to pay in consequence of a certain mandate,
combined with the tithes of grain and wine made it impossible for them
to sustain themselves here any longer.
While Jacob Küntzlin and Hans Kapp gave up the thought of emigration
for the present and did not go for three years later, Lienert Heyer
and Antoni Rieger actively pushed their preparations and succeeded in
obtaining the consent of the government. They claimed to have friends
in the vicinity of Manheim in the Palatinate and, if they did not find
their fortunes there, they would seek it in another country. The
following table of their families and their property is based on FAF
and supplemented from AA and KB.
Benken
FAF Saturday, May ll, 1737
Rudolph J Lützler, of Benken, (60 years of age)
Lienert Heyer, his son-in-law from there, (41 years of age) and
Clara Lützler, his wife, (32 years of age) who intend to go to the
Palatinate.
Children of Lienert and Clara:-
l. Anna Barbara, " baptized Feb. 22, 1724
2. Elizabeth, " Jun. 17. 1725
3. Leonhard, " - Dec. 25, 1727
4. Hans Rudolph
5. Hans Ulrich, baptized July 29, 1731
6. Clara 2 1/2 years old
Anthoni Rieger, of Benken, (47 years of age)
Barbara Würtzin, (from Wittinsburg) his wife (also aged 47) and
Elsbeth Scholerin, (from Zunzgen), her mother, (72 years of age),
who also intend to go to the Palatinate.
Children of Anthoni Rieger by Juditha Schaub, his first wife:
1. Anthoni. 2. Burkhard. 3. Barbara---and by his present wife:---
Maria and Hans Jacob.
The children of Jacob Schaub, deceased, and Barbara Würtz,
of Wittinsburg: .....
1. Jacob shoemaker, baptized -Sept. 9, 1714
2. Anna, Baptized - Jan. 31, 1719
3. Martin, " -July 27, 1721
Tax on their Lb.130 worth of property-~Lb. 13......
Another daughter by the name of Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1716 did
not emigrate, for according to KB of Rümlingen, she came to Waldenburg
in 1743, though her family in America longed for her very much.
The further experiences of the two families are known thru a letter by
Lienert Heyer written two years after his emigration and an entry in
R.P. 129 Aug. 7, 1756. Lienert Heyer lost his youngest child, Clara,
by the small-pox in England and the next youngest, Hans Ulrich, in
America, but had another son, Antoni. In 1739 he and Antoni Rieger
were living in "Dolben Hagen", Pa. (Probably Tulpehochen, Pa.). in
1756 the Junt Brothers attest his presence in Virginia and report his
willingness to renounce his claims to an inheritance in favor of his
son-in-law who had stayed in Switzerland.
-----o----
The next chapter of this story of migration can be found in the
"Collection of 30,000 names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania. 1727-1776."
by Rupp, at page 107. (Newbury Library, Chicago, Illinois. #E
6968.76).
Arriving at Philadelphia, Sept. 24, 1737. In the Ship the Virtuous
Grace. Capt. John Bull, from Rotterdam, by way of Cowes, England.225
passengers. Among the names of those who landed are:-Antoni Rüger,
son; Antoni Rüger, Jr.; Burckhart Rüger; Jacob Schaub; Leonhart Heier;
Rudolph Lützler; Jacob Stokee and Simon Stokee.
The above named passengers all signed the Oath of Allegiance then
required of all immigrants over 16 years of age who were not already
subjects of the British Crown, but women and children were not
required to sign. Martin Schaub, who had passed his sixteenth birthday
during the voyage, was apparently not required to sign because of his
youth.
Within twenty weeks of the time they had left Basel, these families
had reached Philadelphia, which indicates that they had made a fairly
expeditious trip for the time and conditions. Even at best, however,
the journey from Switzerland to America was slow and tedious. First
there was the long trip down the Rhine by river boat to Rotterdam.
Then at Rotterdam there was necessary delay while a ship could be
found and passage arranged. Part of the transportation charges must be
paid and provisions and supplies bought for the voyage; for the
travelers had to furnish their own food and drink for the time they
would be at sea.
Nearly all of the ships sailing from Rotterdam for America made a stop
at some port on the south coast of England - Dover, Deal, Cowes,
Plymouth or Falmouth-where repairs or replenishment of supplies went
on, sometimes for a few days, sometimes for several weeks. Often there
was a wait for favorable winds before the ship would venture out of
the English Channel into the open sea. Cowes seems to have been the
most usual port of call for these ships from Rotterdam, and it was at
Cowes that the Virtuous Grace made her last stop before crossing the
ocean. It was doubtless at Cowes that Leonhart Heier's youngest child,
Clara, died of small-pox.
In the death of this little child on the journey may lie the key to
the repeated use in succeeding generations of the Hyer family of the
name Clara, modified to Clore, in the dialect used in America by these
German speaking Swiss families. Likewise, the name Elizabeth in the
Shobe family may stem from the "great longing" of the Young Shobe's
for their sister Elizabeth who remained in Switzerland.

Emigration: Date: 24 SEP 1737
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Source: (Adult Christening)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 3
Quality of data: 2

Occupation: Shoemaker

Event: Virtuous Grace
Type: Sh
Date: 24 SEP 1737
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Christening: 9 SEP 1714 Wittinsburg, Baselland, Switzerland

Death: ABT 1771 Hampshire Co. Va

Given Name: Lienert

Note: Lienert came from Switzerland to America in the summer of 1737 on theship
"Virtuous Grace" along with the Rieger and Schaub families.

entered 10/23/99

>

KNOWN DESCENDANTS

of
LEONARDHYRE

BY
KENNETH W.COLBY

1 Leonard Hyre was born in Benken, Switzerland in 1695 and
emigrated to what was then the Colony of America on the Virtous Grace,
bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he took the oath to theCrown on September 24, 1737.Sometime after this he moved with hisfamily to the South Branch of the
Potomac in what was then Augusta - now, Hampshire County, now West
Virginia.

The Hyre land was located on the south side of the SouthBranch
and west of Petersburg beyound where the airport is located today, andnear the site
of Old Fort George. Here Leonard Hyre wrote his will on the 13th dayof
March, 1768 and it was probated on May 12, 1772. Mentioned in hiswill
are his wife Clara (Luctzler) to whom he leaves his land, and house
earthly- goods, as long as she lives, and six children
2. Leonard (from whom we descend), Rudolph, Barbara, Elizabeth, Eve,
Magdalene, and another daughter mentioned separately, Orsila.:

2. Leonard Hyre son of Leonard and Clara Hyre, was bat.December
25, 1727 in Benken, Switzerland and came to America with his parents.He
was named in the will of his father and served as exector along with
Martin Shobe.

During the American Revolutionary War, Leonard islisted
as Patriotic Service - furnished supplies to the American Army.. Which
makes his descendants able to join the Sons and Daughters of theAmerican
Revolution.

Leonard Hyre wrote his will on April 7, 1783, in
Hampshire County, and it was proven in court on June 16, 1786. It wasthe
second will to be recorded in Hardy County, which was formed from
Hampshire County, Virginia (Book 1 p. 3) . He gave to his sons:Leonard,
John, Jacob, Lewis, Peter, lot #61 on the east sideof the South Branch
containing two hundred twenty-three acres. To his sons Michael andRudy
Hyre, he gave lot #58 on the east side of the South Branch containingone
hundred and four acres. One third of both lots "excepted unto mybeloed
wife Mary" until her death. He appointed his wife and Valentine Powersto
service as his adminisrators.

Anna Maria Hyre, called Mary in the will of herhusband
Leonard, aslso called Mary in the willl of her father Peter Haas/Haaz
who will was proven in Hampshire County, (W)Virginia, nameing Leonard
Hyre as excetor. Mary wrote her will November 16, 1790.

It should be noted here, that in Hardy County Deed Book2,
page 15, dated
September 28, 1789 Jacob Hyre to William Cunningham Jr, 223 acres for130
pounds lot #61 in the South Branch Manor, land leased to Leonard Hyreand
sons Rudolph Hyre, Leonard Hyre Jr. and Michael Hyre and then willedto
son Jacob. Signed Jacob Hyre, Elizabeth Hyre, and Mary Hyre andwitnesses
Sickman HOMAN,
Christopher Strander, Peter Hyre and Michael Hyre.

3. Jacob Hyre, son of Leonard and Mary (Haas) Hyre was bornin
Hampshire County, Virginia on May 25, 1757 and served in the American
Revolutionary War as a Private. Married in August , 1783 in HardyCounty,
Virginia to Elizabeth Powers. Jacob Revolutionary Pension names JacobB.
Brake and Henry Jackson as son-in-laws.
Jacob died March 6, 1841 in Lewis County, Virginia. According to the
widowes final pension in the National Archives in Washington, D.C
Elizabeth died June 27, 1851 in
Upshur County, Virginia

It should be pointed out here in Lewis County, (W)Virginia
Deed Book B. page 503 Jacob Hyre and his wife Elizabeth give land to
their daughter Mary, wife of Henry Jackson, who was the son of Johnand
Elizabeth (Cummins) Jackson who became the great-grand-parents ofGeneral
"Stonewall" Jackson. Through another son Edward, brother of Henry
Jackson.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: kenneth w colby <colby46@juno.com>
Title: email received on the hyre family
Text: >
KNOWN DESCENDANTS
of
LEONARD
HYRE
BY
KENNETH W.
COLBY
1 Leonard Hyre was born in Benken, Switzerland in 1695 and
emigrated to what was then the Colony of America on the Virtous Grace,
bound for Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania where he took the oath to the Crown on September 24,
1737.
Sometime after this he moved with his family to the South Branch of
the
Potomac in what was then Augusta - now, Hampshire County, now West
Virginia.
The Hyre land was located on the south side of the South
Branch
and west of
Petersburg beyound where the airport is located today, and near the
site
of Old Fort George. Here Leonard Hyre wrote his will on the 13th day
of
March, 1768 and it was probated on May 12, 1772. Mentioned in his
will
are his wife Clara (Luctzler) to whom he leaves his land, and house
earthly- goods, as long as she lives, and six children
2. Leonard (from whom we descend), Rudolph, Barbara, Elizabeth, Eve,
Magdalene, and another daughter mentioned separately, Orsila.:
2. Leonard Hyre son of Leonard and Clara Hyre, was bat.
December
25, 1727 in Benken, Switzerland and came to America with his parents.
He
was named in the will of his father and served as exector along with
Martin Shobe.
During the American Revolutionary War, Leonard is
listed
as Patriotic Service - furnished supplies to the American Army.. Which
makes his descendants able to join the Sons and Daughters of the
American
Revolution.
Leonard Hyre wrote his will on April 7, 1783, in
Hampshire County, and it was proven in court on June 16, 1786. It was
the
second will to be recorded in Hardy County, which was formed from
Hampshire County, Virginia (Book 1 p. 3) . He gave to his sons:
Leonard,
John, Jacob, Lewis, Peter, lot #61 on the east sideof the South Branch
containing two hundred twenty-three acres. To his sons Michael and
Rudy
Hyre, he gave lot #58 on the east side of the South Branch containing
one
hundred and four acres. One third of both lots "excepted unto my
beloed
wife Mary" until her death. He appointed his wife and Valentine Powers
to
service as his adminisrators.
Anna Maria Hyre, called Mary in the will of her
husband
Leonard, aslso called Mary in the willl of her father Peter Haas/Haaz
who will was proven in Hampshire County, (W)Virginia, nameing Leonard
Hyre as excetor. Mary wrote her will November 16, 1790.
It should be noted here, that in Hardy County Deed Book
2,
page 15, dated
September 28, 1789 Jacob Hyre to William Cunningham Jr, 223 acres for
130
pounds lot #61 in the South Branch Manor, land leased to Leonard Hyre
and
sons Rudolph Hyre, Leonard Hyre Jr. and Michael Hyre and then willed
to
son Jacob. Signed Jacob Hyre, Elizabeth Hyre, and Mary Hyre and
witnesses
Sickman HOMAN,
Christopher Strander, Peter Hyre and Michael Hyre.
3. Jacob Hyre, son of Leonard and Mary (Haas) Hyre was born
in
Hampshire County, Virginia on May 25, 1757 and served in the American
Revolutionary War as a Private. Married in August , 1783 in Hardy
County,
Virginia to Elizabeth Powers. Jacob Revolutionary Pension names Jacob
B.
Brake and Henry Jackson as son-in-laws.
Jacob died March 6, 1841 in Lewis County, Virginia. According to the
widowes final pension in the National Archives in Washington, D.C
Elizabeth died June 27, 1851 in
Upshur County, Virginia
It should be pointed out here in Lewis County, (W)Virginia
Deed Book B. page 503 Jacob Hyre and his wife Elizabeth give land to
their daughter Mary, wife of Henry Jackson, who was the son of John
and
Elizabeth (Cummins) Jackson who became the great-grand-parents of
General
"Stonewall" Jackson. Through another son Edward, brother of Henry
Jackson.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 3
Quality of data: 2

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Hal Phillips (e mail phillip@goodnet.com
Title: Shobe family researcher
Text: Hello Mary,
I saw your request on GenForum for info on parents of Phoebe Barger.
Here
is what I have:
Father: Peter Barger b: 17 Mar 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co,
VA; d:
20 Oct 1877 in Milroy Dist., Grant Co, WV
Mother: Mary Carr b: abt 1797 Hardy CO, VA md 18 Aug 1812 Hardy Co,
VA, d:
16 May 1875 in Milroy DIst, Grant Co, WV.
I have not determined to date which Carr is her father.
Hope this helps.
Hal

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family Connections pg 1, 2 & 3
Title: The Record of The Shobe Family in America From 1737 to 1954
Text that appears on the first 3 pages of the book.
Mary E. Shobe has a original copy of this book in her possesion
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Text: The Shobe ÓFamily
in America
In 1925 a book was published by Faust & Brumbaugh entitled "Lists of
Swiss Emigrants in the eighteenth Century to the American Colonies"
and on page ll0 of Volume II appears the following story:
"A considerable time before the beginning of the year 1737 some
eighteen subjects from Biel-Benken, Arisdorf and other places had come
to Basel, (Switzerland) and expressed their desire to go to Carolina
(America) but the mayor had denied them the Chancery order to their
Obervögte and the Council had up-held his action. Still earlier the
Council had learned of some 'plotting' at the house of the 'Lehnsman'
fief holder or sub-tenant Lienert Heyer on the Rütihard, and ordered
the Obervögte (Magistrate) to look into the matter. The result of his
report of Sept. 4, 1736 was in substance as follows:-
"Lienert Heyer's brother and Antoni Rieger of Benken and Jacob
Küntzlin, a carpenter, and Hans Kapp, a wagon maker, of Münchenstein
had discussed emigration to Pennsylvania. They had been actuated to do
so partly by the letter of Antonio Gondy in praise of Carolina,
written in Charleston, S. C., in 1733, but only lately come into their
possession through a man of Grenzback across the Rhine, and partly by
their own unfavorable circumstances. The carpenter and the wagon-maker
had complained of the growing competition in their trades and all of
them had arrived at the conviction that their heavy debts and the five
percent interest they had to pay in consequence of a certain mandate,
combined with the tithes of grain and wine made it impossible for them
to sustain themselves here any longer.
While Jacob Küntzlin and Hans Kapp gave up the thought of emigration
for the present and did not go for three years later, Lienert Heyer
and Antoni Rieger actively pushed their preparations and succeeded in
obtaining the consent of the government. They claimed to have friends
in the vicinity of Manheim in the Palatinate and, if they did not find
their fortunes there, they would seek it in another country. The
following table of their families and their property is based on FAF
and supplemented from AA and KB.
Benken
FAF Saturday, May ll, 1737
Rudolph J Lützler, of Benken, (60 years of age)
Lienert Heyer, his son-in-law from there, (41 years of age) and
Clara Lützler, his wife, (32 years of age) who intend to go to the
Palatinate.
Children of Lienert and Clara:-
l. Anna Barbara, " baptized Feb. 22, 1724
2. Elizabeth, " Jun. 17. 1725
3. Leonhard, " - Dec. 25, 1727
4. Hans Rudolph
5. Hans Ulrich, baptized July 29, 1731
6. Clara 2 1/2 years old
Anthoni Rieger, of Benken, (47 years of age)
Barbara Würtzin, (from Wittinsburg) his wife (also aged 47) and
Elsbeth Scholerin, (from Zunzgen), her mother, (72 years of age),
who also intend to go to the Palatinate.
Children of Anthoni Rieger by Juditha Schaub, his first wife:
1. Anthoni. 2. Burkhard. 3. Barbara---and by his present wife:---
Maria and Hans Jacob.
The children of Jacob Schaub, deceased, and Barbara Würtz,
of Wittinsburg: .....
1. Jacob shoemaker, baptized -Sept. 9, 1714
2. Anna, Baptized - Jan. 31, 1719
3. Martin, " -July 27, 1721
Tax on their Lb.130 worth of property-~Lb. 13......
Another daughter by the name of Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1716 did
not emigrate, for according to KB of Rümlingen, she came to Waldenburg
in 1743, though her family in America longed for her very much.
The further experiences of the two families are known thru a letter by
Lienert Heyer written two years after his emigration and an entry in
R.P. 129 Aug. 7, 1756. Lienert Heyer lost his youngest child, Clara,
by the small-pox in England and the next youngest, Hans Ulrich, in
America, but had another son, Antoni. In 1739 he and Antoni Rieger
were living in "Dolben Hagen", Pa. (Probably Tulpehochen, Pa.). in
1756 the Junt Brothers attest his presence in Virginia and report his
willingness to renounce his claims to an inheritance in favor of his
son-in-law who had stayed in Switzerland.
-----o----
The next chapter of this story of migration can be found in the
"Collection of 30,000 names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania. 1727-1776."
by Rupp, at page 107. (Newbury Library, Chicago, Illinois. #E
6968.76).
Arriving at Philadelphia, Sept. 24, 1737. In the Ship the Virtuous
Grace. Capt. John Bull, from Rotterdam, by way of Cowes, England.225
passengers. Among the names of those who landed are:-Antoni Rüger,
son; Antoni Rüger, Jr.; Burckhart Rüger; Jacob Schaub; Leonhart Heier;
Rudolph Lützler; Jacob Stokee and Simon Stokee.
The above named passengers all signed the Oath of Allegiance then
required of all immigrants over 16 years of age who were not already
subjects of the British Crown, but women and children were not
required to sign. Martin Schaub, who had passed his sixteenth birthday
during the voyage, was apparently not required to sign because of his
youth.
Within twenty weeks of the time they had left Basel, these families
had reached Philadelphia, which indicates that they had made a fairly
expeditious trip for the time and conditions. Even at best, however,
the journey from Switzerland to America was slow and tedious. First
there was the long trip down the Rhine by river boat to Rotterdam.
Then at Rotterdam there was necessary delay while a ship could be
found and passage arranged. Part of the transportation charges must be
paid and provisions and supplies bought for the voyage; for the
travelers had to furnish their own food and drink for the time they
would be at sea.
Nearly all of the ships sailing from Rotterdam for America made a stop
at some port on the south coast of England - Dover, Deal, Cowes,
Plymouth or Falmouth-where repairs or replenishment of supplies went
on, sometimes for a few days, sometimes for several weeks. Often there
was a wait for favorable winds before the ship would venture out of
the English Channel into the open sea. Cowes seems to have been the
most usual port of call for these ships from Rotterdam, and it was at
Cowes that the Virtuous Grace made her last stop before crossing the
ocean. It was doubtless at Cowes that Leonhart Heier's youngest child,
Clara, died of small-pox.
In the death of this little child on the journey may lie the key to
the repeated use in succeeding generations of the Hyer family of the
name Clara, modified to Clore, in the dialect used in America by these
German speaking Swiss families. Likewise, the name Elizabeth in the
Shobe family may stem from the "great longing" of the Young Shobe's
for their sister Elizabeth who remained in Switzerland.

Emigration: Date: 24 SEP 1737
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Event: Virtuous Grace
Type: Sh
Date: 24 SEP 1737
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Death: 1771 Hampshire Co., WV

Given Name: Clara Grace

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 3
Quality of data: 2

Given Name: Jacob

Note: The will of Rudolph Heyer (ca. 1801) indicates that Jacob Shobe andhis wife
probably left children, whose names are not known; one possibly Jacob.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Hal Phillips (e mail phillip@goodnet.com
Title: Shobe family researcher
Text: Hello Mary,
I saw your request on GenForum for info on parents of Phoebe Barger.
Here
is what I have:
Father: Peter Barger b: 17 Mar 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co,
VA; d:
20 Oct 1877 in Milroy Dist., Grant Co, WV
Mother: Mary Carr b: abt 1797 Hardy CO, VA md 18 Aug 1812 Hardy Co,
VA, d:
16 May 1875 in Milroy DIst, Grant Co, WV.
I have not determined to date which Carr is her father.
Hope this helps.
Hal

Source: (Death)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 7

Death: 1791

Given Name: Leonard

Note: Leonard Shobe was a private in Capt. John Harness' company of Rangers,and also served as a private in a company under command of EnsignStephen Ashby. The name is spelled Jobe and Job in the payroll list,but there is no question but that it was Leonard who gave the service.In the same company of Capt. Harness was Leonard's brother-in-lawConrad Carr, who had married his sister Magdaline... (See pg 7.)

Being often questioned by our correspondents concerning the warrecords of the early ancestor, apparently with the thought ofpetitioning the
D. A.R. for membership in that organization we recently wrote theRegistrar General of that organization at Washington, if any hadJoined the Society with the record of Leonard Shobe as a base,intending to give that information as a help for future applicants,but we received a reply stating that, so far, no one has Joined thatorganization on the record of Leonard Shobe. However, we believe thatsuch an application might be favorably acted upon.

© The Record of The Shobe Family In America From 1737 to 1954 RevisedEdition by Frank D. Shobe

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 106

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 7

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Occupation: Soldier in the American Revolution

Death: ABT 1831

Given Name: Martin

Note: The 1820 Census for Hardy Co indicates that Martin owned 3 male and 2female
slaves.

DEATH: Will in Book 8, p.281, Hardy Co., WV. Drawn Sept 30, 1846,Probated
April 30, 1849.He married his cousin's daughter Susannah ShobeLancisco her mother was Clara Sh
obe. Clara was the daugther of Jacob Shobe - she was several yearshis junior.

Will in Bookl 8, p. 281 Hardy Co., W. Va. Drawn Sept. 30, 1846Probated Apr. 30, 1849

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 7

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: 1820 census Hardy County Virgiinia Martin Shobe
Title: downloaded from myfamily.com shobe web site
Author: Hal Phillips
Text: 1820 Census Number of Child County Comments
Martin Shobe
3M and 2F Slaves
Male < 10 4
Henry, Wm, Amos, Adonijah
Male < 45 1
Martin
Female <10 2
Hagar, Susannah, Clara
Female 10/16 1
Polly
Female 16/26 1
Catherine
Female 26/45 1
Jemima Hause (Wife)

Census: Place: Hardy Cnty, VA

Death: 1849

Given Name: Mary

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Birth)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 7

Death: 1785

Given Name: Susannah

Note: She married her cousin Martin Shobe Jr. who was Martin Shobe Sr.'sson.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Death)
Abbreviation: Hal Phillips (e mail phillip@goodnet.com
Title: Shobe family researcher
Text: Hello Mary,
I saw your request on GenForum for info on parents of Phoebe Barger.
Here
is what I have:
Father: Peter Barger b: 17 Mar 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co,
VA; d:
20 Oct 1877 in Milroy Dist., Grant Co, WV
Mother: Mary Carr b: abt 1797 Hardy CO, VA md 18 Aug 1812 Hardy Co,
VA, d:
16 May 1875 in Milroy DIst, Grant Co, WV.
I have not determined to date which Carr is her father.
Hope this helps.
Hal

Death: 28 NOV 1812 Grant Co, VA

Given Name: Elizabeth

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Given Name: Barbara

Source: (Death)
Abbreviation: Catherine Di Pietro (e mail vdpcom@warwick.net)
Title: Catherine Di Pietro (e mail vdpcom@warwick.net)
Text: CLOSE
Re: Tanner
Catherine Di Pietro <vdpcom@warwick.net> on 10/13/97 12:26:59 PM
Greetings TANNER Researchers,
Here's the first generation of TANNERs for your consideration. It's
based heavily on the wonderful research of Dave Tanner of Halifax.
Dave's solved several misconceptions about this family including that
the
Elizabeth TANNER who was buried 28 Jul 1753 is most probably Hans
Jacob
Tanner's sister rather than first wife. The TANNERs definitely arrived
in Halifax prior to 1750 (son Christian bapt. 12 Oct 1750, may have
been
]born on board ANN) which lends credibility to the theory that they
are
the TANNERs listed as "Bound for the Carolinas" but redirected,
possibly
by Cornwallis, to settle in Nova Scotia. Dr. Winthrop Bell in his
"Foreign
Protestants", pp. 163-5, creates a strong argument for the TANNER and
MOSSMAN
families arriving in London, England on the ALDERNEY or NANCY prior to
continuing on to Halifax. In the Pennsylvania German Folklore
Society's
Vol. 16, pg. 194, it states that in a list of 122 families from the
Canton
of Schuaffhausen in Switzerland to the American Colonies, all 8 TANNER
families were from Bargen.
--------------------------------
Hans Jacob TANNER born about 1718 in Bargen, Canton Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
m.Ursula Elizabeth _________ presumed in Bargen, having known issue:
1) George b.abt 12 Aug 1741, d.22 Nov 1836 ag 95.3.0, m. 1775, Johanna
Judith SEELIG
2) Anna Maria b.abt.1743 m. John Nicholas WIEGLE abt 1764, first child
1765.
3) Ursula Maude b.1748, d. 7 Feb 1834 Mahone Bay, m. 14 Feb 1769 St.
Johns, Lun to Alexander KEDY of Alex. and Eliz. (PERRYMAN) KEDY
4) Christian bapt. 12 Oct 1750 St Pauls, Hlfx, m. 3 Jan 1775 Dutch
Reformed, Lun. to Catharina HAWBOLDT
5) Johann Philip bapt. 10 May 1754 St. John's, Lun., d.17 Apr 1822
Lun.
Pres. m. Maria Catherina WAGNER of J. Heinrich 11 Nov 1777.
6) George Peter, bapt. 4 Sep 1756 St Johns, Lun., d. 12 Mar 1780 Dutch
Ref.
m. 13 Dec 1774 St. John's, Lun. to Anna Catharina SCHLEER. She m(2)
John
HOFFMAN.
7) Barbara bapt. 16 Apr 1759 St Johns, Lun., bur. 7 Jan 1763 St.
John's Lun.
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I am descended from both Anna Maria and Ursula Maude. I would invite
any
speculations, arguments, corrections or additions to this very
mysterious
family.
Best Regards,
Cathy
Cathy DiPietro vdpcom@warwick.net listowner: Lunen-Links-L
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5699/index.html
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Baptism: 16 APR 1759 St John's, Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Death: 7 JAN 1763 St John's, Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Given Name: Margie

Given Name: Joyce

Given Name: Jack "Ivan"

Note: Changed his name from Ivan to Jack

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Hilda June Shobe and/or Harold Shobe
Title: Hilda June Shobe
Walhalla, SC 29691
contact Mary E. Shobe
shobe@mindspring.com

Given Name: Billy

Given Name: Robert

Given Name: Doddie

Given Name: Helen

Given Name: Ronnie

Note: Twin of Richie