Members of the Cult

Charles Coleman Sellers provided a listing of the members of the Battle-Axes as follows[bib]808[/bib]:

The names of those whom reliable tradition associates with the Gatesites are placed in italics. Of the others, all but Aaron T. Morton were involved in the trials of 1843.

Samuel Bard

Rebecca Stubblebine De Frain - the wife of Washington De Frain.

Washington De Frain.

_______ Garber - A farmer on one of the hills of southern Berks. He spoke only "Dutch". Daniel Stubblebine married a Garber.

Mary Gates - the wife of Theophilus Gates.

Aaron Taylor Morton

Ann Rinehart - the wife of Samuel Rinehart.

George Rinehart.

Samuel Rinehart. George and Samuel Rinehart were brothers.

Elizabeth Snyder - Elizabeth had a son by George Rinehart, only one, according to tradition, of a number of illegitimate children born to the Battle-Axes. Later, she married Samuel De Frain of Cedarville, a good churchman, with whom she lived happily for the rest of her life..

George Snyder - The father of Nathan, Elizabeth and Magdalene. He had two other daughters, Rebecca and Mary.

Magdalene Snyder - fromt he death of William Stubblebine in 1871, until her own twenty-six years later, Magdalene lived in a little house on Samuel De Frain's property at Cedarville.

Nathan Snyder.

Daniel Stubblebine.

David Stubblebine - the father of Elizabeth, Jacob and Lewis

Elizabeth Stubblebine.

Jacob Stubblebine.1

Lewis B. Stubblebine.

Mary Ann Stubblebine - the wife of William Stublebine.

William Stubblebine.

Sarah West.

Gideon Williamson - Gideon Williamson's farm at Dilworthtown, in southern Chester County, was, according to tradition, a Battle-Axe rendezvous. He was the brother of Hannah and Lydia.

Hannah WIlliamson.

Lydia Williamson.

• 1. Charged with 'fornication and all manner of lewdness with Lydia Williamson, Hannah Williamson and others. He having also lain with Elizabeth Stubblebine, his own sister'. from court docket, Feburary 1843, Chester County Archives. He was found not guilty.