The Took clan was the most famous Hobbit family, powerful and rich Hobbits of the Shire. ("Took" pronounced like "Two-k", not like "book" or "took" as in the past tense of "taken")
A Hobbit family tree derived from those constructed and presented by Tolkien himself, including the Took clan.
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.
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 19th Thain of the Took line, the 32nd in the Shire.
The Tooks lived in the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling Tookland in the Westfarthing of the Shire. A smaller clan called the North-Tooks lived far up in the Northfarthing; these were descendants of the legendary hero Bullroarer Took.
Even after the Hobbits had mostly discarded the family lands, most Tooks could still be found in the Southfarthing, especially the Tookland.
A part of the Took clan removed to Long Cleeve, where they were known as the Tooks of Long Cleeve.
Tooks were mainly of Fallohide Hobbit stock, and were more adventurous than the other Hobbits. 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. Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers.
List of Tooks
- Adalgrim Took
- Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took
- Belladonna Took
- Eglantine Took
- Mirabella Took
- Ferumbras Took III
- Gerontius Took
- Lalia Took
- Pearl Took
- Peregrin "Pippin" Took
- Paladin Took II
Tooks of the Great Smials
Isengrim Took II
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Isumbras III
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Ferumbras II Bandobras
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Fortinbras I The North-Tooks
= Perinnia Bolger of Long-Cleeve
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Gerontius "The Old" Took
= Adamanta Chubb
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Isengrim Hildegard Isumbras Hildegrim Isembold Hildefons Isembard Hildebrand Belladonna Donnamira Mirabella Isengar
III = Willow = Rosa = Periwinkle = Martha = Marmalda = Bungo = Hugo = Gorbadoc
Burrows Baggins Bolger Underhill Brandybuck Baggins Boffin Brandybuck
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Fortinbrus II Adalgrim (many Flambard Sigismond Bilbo Baggins six others Primula
= Lalia Clayhanger = Lira Proudfoot descendants) = Tansy Bunce = Petunia Goodbody |
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Ferumbras III Aldamira Rosamira Bellamira Paladin Esmerelda Adelard Rosamunda Ferdinand Frodo Baggins
= Falcar = Willem = Bandobar = Eglantine = Saradoc = Blossom = Odovacar = Ododrida
Chubb Hornblower Took Banks Brandybuck Grubb Bolger Bolger
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Pearl Pimpernel Pervinca Peregrin Meriadoc Reginard 3 daughters Everard Ferdibrand
(Pippin) (Merry)
= Diamond = Estella
of Long-Cleeve Bolger
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Faramir
= Goldilocks Gardner
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