SIMMONS

SIMMONS. SBBIONDS. This name is generally understood to be a derivative of Simon ; but it may have come from the Domesday name Simund, which is distinct from Simon. A family of Simmons who liave been resident for three centuries and a half at Seaford, co. Sussex, have evidently corrupted their appellative from Seaman ; and it has gone through the following phases since the year loo3: — Seman, Seaman, Seamans.Semons, Simons, Simouds, Simmouds, Symonds, Symmonds,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.