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Took Family

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Timeline:
Dates: Became hereditary Thains of the Shire in III 2340; still extant at the end of the Third Age
Race: Hobbits
Division: Descended in large part from the Fallohides
Culture: Shire-hobbits
Settlements: The family seat was at Great Smials in the Tookland
Meaning: An anglicisation of the Hobbit name Tûk, perhaps derived from a word meaning 'daring'1

Hereditary Thains of the Shire

Isumbras
Took I
A line of eight
unnamed Thains
Isengrim
Took II
Isumbras
Took III
Ferumbras
Took II
Bandobras Took
(The Bullroarer)
Fortinbras
Took I
Gerontius Took
(The Old Took)
Isengrim
Took III
Isengrim
Took IV
Hildigrim
Took
Hildibrand
Took
Belladonna
Took
Mirabella
Took
Six other children2
Fortinbras
Took II
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An old family of the Shire, who farmed the lands around Tuckborough in the Westfarthing. The head of the Took family was the hereditary Thain of the Shire from the time of Isumbras I.

Footnotes

1

The name 'Took', of course, also exists as real modern surname, of uncertain meaning (though some sources suggest a circuitous derivation from Thor kil, 'Thor's kettle').
2

Thain Gerontius (otherwise known as the Old Took) had a total of twelve children. For clarity, this selective family tree only includes those who played a part in the descent of the Thainship, or whose descendants were important in the history of the Third Age. The omitted children were (in order of age) Hildigard, Isembold, Hildifons, Isembard, Donnamira and Isengar.

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