'''Sammis''' is a given and surname derived from ''Samways'', which originated in Dorset, England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I0774&tree=SmithQuaker|title=Richard Samways b. Abt 1615 Dorchester, Dorset Co, England d. 4 Jan 1649/50 Windsor, Hartford County, Ct.: Long Island Surnames|website=longislandsurnames.com|access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref> Richard Samways was a probable passenger of the Mary and John in 1630,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maryandjohn1630.com/passengerlist_b.html|title=Mary and John 1630, Passenger Lists, English Ancestry, Great Migration, West Country, Winthrop Fleet, genealogy|website=www.maryandjohn1630.com|access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref> who settled in Windsor, Connecticut and the spelling of the name subsequently changed to Sammis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I0774&tree=SmithQuaker|title=Richard Samways b. Abt 1615 Dorchester, Dorset Co, England d. 4 Jan 1649/50 Windsor, Hartford County, Ct.: Long Island Surnames|website=longislandsurnames.com|access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref>
== Notable people with the given name ''Sammis'' == * Sammis Reyes
== Notable people with the surname ''Sammis'' == * Ida Sammis * John H. Sammis * John Merritt Sammis * Minnetta Sammis Leonard
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