Thank you to everyone who has made suggestions so far but I now have a bag of jigsaw pieces and still two possible Reverend Robert Lewers as possible GGGgrandfathers.
Although I don't have the original sources, I am told that my GG grandmother was Elizabeth Jane Lewers, daughter of a Reverend Robert Lewers and that she was born in 1804, married Robert Jamieson of Cornasoo, had 7 children and died in 1841. ( Robert remarried Sarah Breakey).
The Reverend Robert Lewers who's father was Samuel, and who was ordained in 1795 died in 1846 at the age of 72 ( Northern Standard 2nd May 1846 page 134). ie. This Robert would have been born about 1774 and would have been thirty years old at the time of Elizabeth Jane's birth. He was the minister for Legnacreeve/Braddox presumably.
My second candidate is to be found in the will( in PRONI) of one wealthy farmer, Robert Lewers in 1810. He appoints his son, the Reverend Robert Lewers to be his executor, To spell out as far as possible the contents of the will bearing in mind the difficulty of reading the writing : Robert, the testator is described as being of Anna---? in Clontibret. Hallmark suggested that this should read Annahale, but is that property not in Muckno ? Be that as it may, the will mentions son John who is given Eisglasson, son Alexander, married in 1810 has already received his portion, grandson of a son Samuel who may have been deceased, half of the land of Auryhearn in Armagh. a son Samuel (second of that name ?) given half of the land Drumiondra in Caven, a son Benjamin who is under 21 given the second half of Drumiondra, a son Ross given Annyuue (?) with a house thereon and half of Curryhrein in Arm--- ? (Auryhearn?) and the land of Carncadury ?. Grandson Robert, the son of the Reverend Robert is given £10. Four daughters, Margaret (Jellersder),Sarah, Mary (married to Joe, Elizabeth were all given cash as was His son the Reverend Robert given thirty pounds implying that Robert had already received some property corroborated below by property records. Cash bequests to various heirs range up to £300 and there is no doubt this is a wealthy family. Mention is made of the landowner of some of the lands, namely Edward Lucas owner of the Castlehane estate. Robert makes provision for his "dearly beloved wife) but doesn't mention her name. From an extensive genealogy, the descendents of Robert Ross however which includes Robert's family it is clear that his wife's name was Margaret Ross.
In another document dated 1825, Benjamin conveys his property in Caven to Ross. Since this Reverend Robert had a son in 1810, he is clearly another possible father to Elizabeth Jane. That he was also a landowner as I mentioned above is confirmed in the Tithe Applotments of 1829, under the land "Anneuby No5 " where the Reverend Robert Lewers is shown to possess land of 20 acres 3 rods 10 poles. Next to him, his brother, Ross owns
26 acres 3 rods 15 poles. This Anneuby could have been Annahuby in Clontibret as in the later Griffiths valuation a Robert Lewers is shown as leasing the land and buildings from the R.H.Edward Lucas. A Robert Lewers (same?) also ownes some of the adjacent Dromore from the same landowner. Ross now farms at Corlongford in the Parish of Tullycorbet leased from Lord
Cremorne,
It would seem quite likely that all the Lewers families around Ballybay and Castleblaney in Monaghan were closely related but whether all the jigsaw pieces could now be reassembled is problematic.
Just to add a little extra piece, my eye was caught by the name "Lewers Street" in Honolulu when I was there in December, and on investigation I learnt that one Christopher Hamilton Lewers, a cabinet maker arrived there in 1850 in search of an elder brother, Samuel who had gone missing in the Pacific. C.H.Lewers started a big building materials company, now called Lewers and Cooke. Samuel turned up but played no part in the fortunes of the company. A younger cousin, Robert Lewers came and later ran the company which was described to me by a Hawaiin as one of the "Big Five". From 1863 to 1880 a Joshua G. Dickson was partner, then owner of the company. Didn't a Matilda Jane Lewers, daughter of Ross Lewers marry a David Dickson in 1851. I have a copy of a small book published about the company history in Hawaii, but describe C.H.Lewers as coming from Dublin. In fact his father was Robert Lewers of Castleblaney, Monaghan
