In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Took clan was one of the most famous Hobbit families. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. ("Took" pronounced like "Two-k", not like "book" or "took" as in the past tense of "taken")

The first recorded Took (Tûk of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) was an Isumbras Took, who became the 13th Thain of the Shire after Gordenhad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland, becoming Master there. Westron, or the Common Speech, is an Artificial language developed by J Thain is a variant spelling of Thane or Thegn, an Anglo-Saxon term for a minor noble probably best known from Shakespeare 's The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works

After Isumbras, the Thain position became hereditary in the Took family, and at the end of the Third Age his descendant Peregrin "Pippin" Took became the 19^th Thain of the Took line, the 32^nd in the Shire. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50

The Tooks lived in the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling Tookland in the Westfarthing of the Shire. The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works A smaller clan called the North-Tooks lived far up in the Northfarthing; these were descendants of the legendary hero Bullroarer Took. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men.

Tooks were mainly of Fallohide Hobbit stock, and were more adventurous than the other Hobbits. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Fallohides are one of the three races of Hobbits The Fallohides were the least They also had quite a reputation for unusual behavior, a quality not exactly valued by most hobbits. For this reason they were seen as less respectable, and for the same reason they were one of the richer clans. The Wizard Gandalf was a known, if disreputable, associate. In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, the Wizards of Middle-earth are a group of five beings outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers. Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J

The Tooks of Great Smials

Isengrim II* (1020-1122)

Isumbras III* (1066-1159)

Ferumras II* (1101-1201)

Bandobras (The Bullroarer) (1104-1206)

Fortinbras I* 1145-1320

Gerontius* (The Old Took) 1190-1320

Adamanta Chubb

Isengrim III* (1232-1330)

Isumbras IV* (1238-1339)

Hildigrim (1240-1341)

Rosa Baggins

Belladonna

Bungo Baggins

Mirabella (1260-1360)

Gorbadoc Brandybuck

Seven other Children

Fortinbras II* (1278-1380)

Adalgrim (1280-1382)

Bilbo Baggins

Six Children

Primula

Drogo Baggins

Ferumbras III* (1316-1415)

Paladin II* (1333-1434)

Eglantine Banks (1336)

Esmeralda

Saradoc Brandybuck

Frodo Baggins

Diamond of Long-Cleave

Peregrin I* (1390)

Meriadoc Brandybuck

Faramir I* (1430)

Goldilocks Gamgee

Trivia

• Like many of Tolkien's Hobbit names, 'Took' is a real (though rare) English surname, actually a spelling variation on the family name of Tolkien. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Fictional character from J In the literary works of J R R Tolkien, Faramir Took, later Thain Faramir I is the eldest son of Thain Peregrin I and Diamond In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Hobbits are a fictional race related to Men. Genes Reunited lists more than 400 of them.

• It is suggested by Tolkien, in the opening chapter of The Hobbit, that a distant Took ancestor took a Fairy for a wife; possibly accounting for their 'unexpected behaviors'. The Hobbit or There and Back Again is an award-winning fantasy But it is later said, that that was ridiculous.

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