There has been some speculation that the first Robert Tevis in America (married 1707 Anne Arundel county) was the son of Robert Tevis and Honour Smith of Halstead, Essex, married 19/10/1682.
If the couple had a son soon after marriage, in 1683 or 84, then he would have been about 23 years of age in 1707.
Robert and Honour had at least one child, a daughter named Elizabeth. Halstead Parish Registers (
http://seax.essex.gov.uk) has the following entry;
24/10/1686 Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Honour Tivis baptised. (Image 26). (Robert Tevis of Maryland named his first daughter born 12/12/1715 Elizabeth)
The parish baptism registers between the years 1669 and 1686 are missing, so the birth of a child before Elizabeth cannot be substantiated, but it is more than idle speculation that a son may have been born during the first few years of marriage, named Robert for his father.
If anyone is interested I have some other Essex records regarding the Tevis surname and can be contacted direct on
diane.weeks@btopenworld.com