The four other women named on the memorial seat were Celia Honeybone, Elizabeth Honeybone, Eliza Sirman and Jane Pratley.
Of these Celia and Elizabeth were sisters. Elizabeth was sixteen, but her sister was only six years old and so may have been present but could not have played an active part in the Incident.
Eliza was Fanny Honeybone’s and Jane Moss’ eldest sister which lends weight to the suggestion that she too was involved. By the time of the Incident, she was married to John Sirman.
Ann Moss, who appears on the committal documents, is named elsewhere on the seats. She had married Caleb Moss a couple of months before the Incident to become Mrs Caleb Moss. This name appears as a fifth supporter of the Martyrs. Clearly some confusion arose at the time the names were added to the seats.
Jane Pratley was summonsed but found not guilty. She and her husband Philip were the first of the Pratleys to emigrate to New Zealand on the Mongol in December 1873.
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