The Took clan was the most famous Hobbit family, powerful and rich Hobbits of the Shire. ("Took" pronounced like "Two-k", rhyming with "spook"; 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.

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, although disreputable, associate. Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers.

List of TooksEdit

• 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 SmialsEdit

                                                Isengrim Took II
                                                       |
                                                       |
                                                   Isumbras III
                                                       |
                                            |---------------------|
                                       Ferumbras II           Bandobras
                                            |             (The Bullroarer)
                                            |                     :
                                      Fortinbras I          The North-Tooks
                                   = Perinnia Bolger        of Long-Cleeve
                                            | 
                                            |
                                         Gerontius "The Old" Took
                                     = Adamanta Chubb
                                             |
   |---------|---------|---------|------------|---------|---------|-------------|----------|---------|---------|--------|
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
                      |         |             |                  |             |           |----|             |
       |---------------|        |             |               |---|            |                |            |---------|
  Fortinbrus II              Adalgrim       (many           Flambard        Sigismond      Bilbo Baggins  six others Primula
= Lalia Clayhanger      = Lira Proudfoot descendants)     = Tansy Bunce = Petunia Goodbody                             |
       |                        |                             |-------|         |                                      |
       |           |---------|--------|----------|----------|         |         |-----------|                          |
 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
                                                |          |          |                     |-----|
                      |-------|---------|-------|          |        |----------|---------|       |
                    Pearl Pimpernel Pervinca Peregrin   Meriadoc Reginard 3 daughters Everard Ferdibrand
                                             (Pippin)   (Merry)
                                            = Diamond  = Estella
                                         of Long-Cleeve  Bolger
                                                |
                                             Faramir
                                      = Goldilocks Gardner