Using: jquery 1.8.2 & sheepIt 1.0.1

I have a working page set up which uses data: [{ ... }] to inject data (using the constructor) into a series of cloned text fields 

When I convert these text fields into textareas, everything works, except the data injection part. There are no javascript errors - but the textareas do not populate with data at all. You are still able to clone the textareas and submit the form, and all of that works fine, but it just won't populate with data.

I tried upgrading sheepIt to 1.1.1, but that gives me a strange TypeError: aA is undefined error