Tolman Cotton

&nbsp Tolman (Tom) Cotton Jr. was the eldest child of Farmer Tolman Cotton Sr. and Lily Cotton (nee Brown).

He had four younger siblings; Rose (Rosie), Wilcome (Jolly), Bowman (Nick), and Carl (Nibs).

He married Marigold Gamgee, who was three years his junior. She was as well, the younger sister of Samwise Gamgee, who also just so happened to marry Tom's younger sister Rosie.

Because the Cottons were so close to the Gamgees, and Sam was the same age as Tom, you could expect that they were good friends growing up, adn later on in life.

He was born in 1380, four years before Rosie.