Took clan

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Took clan (/ˈtuːk/, not /ˈtʊk/) was one of the most famous Hobbit families.

Pippin of the Fellowship of the Ring was a member of this family. Other famous Hobbits including Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck were also related.

Middle-earth narrative

The first recorded Took (Tûk of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) was an Isumbras Took, who became the 13th Thain of the Shire in T.A. 2340 after Gorhendad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland, becoming Master there.

After Isumbras, the office of Thain became hereditary in the Took family, and at the beginning of the Fourth Age his descendant Peregrin "Pippin" Took became the 19th Thain of the Took line, the 32nd in the Shire.

The Tooks mostly lived in the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling the 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.

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, and Frodo Baggins had a Took grandmother.

In the opening chapter of The Hobbit, Tolkien suggests that a distant Took ancestor took a Fairy for a wife, possibly accounting for their 'unexpected behaviors'. However, he immediately notes that such a supposition was ridiculous.

Took family tree

In reality

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