Mon people
Pathum Thani Province has been settled for at least 300 years since the reign of King Narai of Ayutthaya. In 1659, Mang Nanthamit brought the Mon people from the town of Mottama. Evacuate from the Burmese war, which King Narai gave the Mon people to settle at Ban Sam Khok. Several years later, in the reign of King Rama II there was a great migration of Mon people from the town of Mottama to Thailand called "Mon Yai". He made some of the Mon people to live in Ban Sam Khok as well. From a small community Ban Sam Khok became a town Sam Khok later.