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The '''Boffin Family''' was a prominent family of the [[Shire]], associated with the region of [[the Yale]] in the [[Eastfarthing]]. Important members include [[Berylla Boffin]], who was an ancestor of both [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]], and [[Folco Boffin]], who helped Frodo in his move from [[Bag End]].
The '''Boffin Family''' was a prominent family of [[the Shire]], associated with the region of [[the Yale]] in the [[Eastfarthing]].<ref name="Boffin">{{App|Boffin}}</ref> Important members include [[Berylla Baggins|Berylla Boffin]], who was an ancestor of both [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]], and [[Folco Boffin]], who helped Frodo in his move from [[Bag End]].<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Family Tree of the Boffins of Yale==
The name '''Boffin''' is a rendition into English of [[Westron]] '''Bophîn''', of unknown meaning. An early idea by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] was to translate it "Loffin", as Bophîn (at that time) had a connection to "Laugh".  
Showing the prominent members of the Boffin clan.<ref name="Boffin"/>  The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded).  A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown.  Names in ''italics'' signify those who attended [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]] on [[22 September]] {{SR|1401}}.  Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Boffins.


==Boffin Family Tree==
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                                            [[Buffo Boffin]] = [[Ivy Goodenough]]
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;| | | | | | |BOS| | | | | | | | |BAS| | | | | | | |BRI| | | | | | | | |BER|y|BAL| | |BOS=[[Bosco Boffin|Bosco]]<br/><small>''1167-1258''</small>|BAS=[[Basso Boffin|Basso]]<br/><small>''1169''</small><br/><ref group="note">Reputed to have 'gone to sea' in 1195</ref>| BRI=[[Briffo Boffin|Briffo]]<br/><small>''1170''</small><br/><ref group="note">Removed to [[Bree]] in 1210</ref>|BER=[[Berylla Boffin|Berylla]]<br/><small>''1172''</small>|BAL=[[Balbo Baggins]]}}
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;| | | | | | |OTT|y|LAV| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |MUN| |LAR|OTT=[[Otto Boffin|Otto the Fat]]<br/><small>''1212-1300''</small>|LAV=[[Lavender Grubb]]<br/><ref group="note">Sister of [[Laura Grubb]], who married Mungo Baggins</ref>|MUN=([[Mungo Baggins]])|LAR=([[Largo Baggins]])}}
    [[Bosco Boffin|Bosco]]                             [[Basso Boffin|Basso]]                             [[Briffo Boffin|Briffo]]                             [[Berylla Baggins|Berylla]]  = [[Balbo Baggins|Balbo]]
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  1167-1258                          b. 1167                            b. 1170                            b. 1172  | [[Balbo Baggins|Baggins]]
{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;| | |HUG|y|DON| | | |UFF|y|SAP| |ROL|y|DRU| |PRI|y|BLA| | | | | | |:| | | |:| |HUG=[[Hugo Boffin|Hugo]]<br/><small>''1254-1345''</small>|DON=[[Donnamira Took]]|UFF=[[Uffo Boffin|Uffo]]<br/><small>''1257''</small>|SAP=[[Sapphira Brockhouse]]|ROL=[[Rollo Boffin|Rollo]]<br/><small>''1260''</small>|DRU=[[Druda Burrows]]|PRI=[[Primrose Boffin|Primrose]]<br/><small>''1265''</small>|BLA=[[Blanco Bracegirdle]]}}
      |                  <small>(reputedly 'went to sea' in 1195)</small>           <small>(removed to Bree in 1210)    </small>                       ___|___
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;|JAG| |JES|V|HRB| |GRF| |GDA|~|ADB|!| | |BRU| | | |LBS|y|OTH| |BLB| | |:| |JAG=[[Jago Boffin|Jago]]<br/><small>''1294-1386''</small>|JES=[[Jessamine Boffin|Jessamine]]<br/><small>''1297''</small>|HRB=[[Herugar Bolger]]|GRF=[[Gruffo Boffin|Gruffo]]<br/><small>''1300-1399''</small>|GDA=[[Gerda Boffin|Gerda]]<br/><small>''1304-1404''</small>|ADB=[[ Adalbert Bolger]]|BRU=''([[Bruno Bracegirdle]])''<br/><small>''1313-1410''</small>|LBS=''([[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]])''<br/><small>''1318-1420''</small>|OTH=''([[Otho Sackville-Baggins]])|BLB=''([[Bilbo Baggins|BILBO BAGGINS]])''}}
[[Otto Boffin|Otto the Fat]] = [[Lavender Grubb]]                                                                                 [[Mungo Baggins|Mungo]]   [[Largo Baggins|Largo]]
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  1212-1300  |                                                                                               [[Mungo Baggins|Baggins]] [[Largo Baggins|Baggins]]
{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;|VIG| | | | |:| | | | |GFF|y|DAB| | | | |!|HUB| |HIB|~|SEB| |LTS| | | | | |FRO|VIG=''[[Vigo Boffin|Vigo]]''<br/><small>''1337-1430''</small>|GFF=''[[Griffo Boffin|Griffo]]''<br/><small>''1344''</small>|DAB=''[[Daisy Baggins]]''|HUB=''([[Hugo Bracegirdle]])''<br/><small>''1350''</small>|HIB=''([[Hilda Bracegirdle]])''<br/><small>''1354''</small>|SEB=''([[Seredic Brandybuck]])|LTS=''([[Lotho Sackville-Baggins]])''|FRO=''([[Frodo Baggins|FRODO BAGGINS]])''}}
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:;background-color:#FFFFFF;|FOL| | | |FRE| | | | | |TOS| | | | | |VAR| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |FOL=''[[Folco Boffin|Folco]]''<br/><small>''1378''</small>|FRE=''([[Fredegar Bolger]])''|TOS=''[[Tosto Boffin|Tosto]]''<br/><small>''1388''</small>|VAR=''various descendants''}}
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    [[Hugo Boffin|Hugo]]   = [[Donnamira Took|Donnamira]]       [[Uffo Boffin|Uffo]]   =   Sapphira     [[Rollo Boffin|Rollo]] = Druda   [[Primrose Bracegirdle|Primrose]] = Blanco Bracegirdle           :      :
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1254-1345 |   [[Donnamira Took|Took]]          b. 1257 | Brockenhouse  b. 1266 : Burrows  b. 1265  |                               :       :
      _____|___                    _|________                :            ______|______                        :       :
    |         |                   |         |     ''(various descendents)''  |             |                       :      :
    |         |                   |         |                           |             |                       :       :
    [[Jago Boffin|Jago]]   [[Jessamine Boffin|Jessamine]] = Herugar   Gruffo     Gerda = Adalbert       [[Bruno Bracegirdle]] [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]] = [[Otho Sackville-Baggins|Otho Sackville-]] :      :
1294-1386  b. 1297  : Bolger  1300-1399 1304-1404  Bolger            1313-1410    1318-1420 |     [[Otho Sackville-Baggins|Baggins]]     :      :
    |               :             |                     __________________|_____              |                 :      :
    |               :             |                   |                       |             |                 :       :
    [[Vigo Boffin|Vigo]]             :          [[Griffo Boffin|Griffo]] = [[Daisy Baggins|Daisy]]     [[Hugo Bracegirdle|Hugo]]       [[Seredic Brandybuck|Seredic]]   = [[Hilda Bracegirdle|Hilda]]   [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho Sackville]]         [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]     :
1337-1430          :           b. 1344 | [[Daisy Baggins|Baggins]]  [[Hugo Bracegirdle|Bracegirdle]]  [[Seredic Brandybuck|Brandybuck]] | b. 1354      [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Baggins]]            [[Bilbo Baggins|Baggins]]    :
    |               :                  |                         ________|_________                                    :
    |               :                  |                         |       |         |                                   : 
  [[Folco Boffin|Folco]]       [[Fredegar Bolger]]         [[Tosto Boffin|Tosto]]                   [[Doderic Brandybuck|Doderic]]  [[Ilberic Brandybuck|Ilberic]]  [[Celandine Brandybuck|Celandine]]                            [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]
  b. 1378        b. 1380            b. 1388                  b. 1389  b. 1391  b. 1394                            [[Frodo Baggins|Baggins]]
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==Family Tree Notes==
<references group="note"/>
==Etymology==
The name '''Boffin''' is a rendition into English of [[Westron]] '''Bophîn''', of unknown meaning.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref>  An early idea by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] was to translate it "Loffin", as Bophîn (at that time) had a connection to "Laugh".


==In other stories==
In the illustrated short story ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'', the local police officer is a Sergeant Boffin who - at the behest of [[Gaffer Gamgee]] - seeks to lock up Mr Bliss as a thief for failing to pay for his car. Sergeant Boffin also has a son named [[Sam]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' (2011 edition), pp. 60-70</ref>
{{References}}
[[Category:Hobbit Families]]
[[Category:Hobbit Families]]
[[Category:Boffin]]
[[Category:Boffin]]
[[de:Boffin]]
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[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hobbits/bophin]]
[[fi:Boffin]]
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Revision as of 13:28, 26 December 2018

The Boffin Family was a prominent family of the Shire, associated with the region of the Yale in the Eastfarthing.[1] Important members include Berylla Boffin, who was an ancestor of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and Folco Boffin, who helped Frodo in his move from Bag End.[2]

Family Tree of the Boffins of Yale

Showing the prominent members of the Boffin clan.[1] The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in italics signify those who attended Bilbo's Farewell Party on 22 September S.R. 1401. Names in parentheses represent significant hobbits related to the Boffins.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buffo
 
Ivy Goodenough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bosco
1167-1258
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basso
1169
[note 1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Briffo
1170
[note 2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Berylla
1172
 
Balbo Baggins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Otto the Fat
1212-1300
 
Lavender Grubb
[note 3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Mungo Baggins)
 
(Largo Baggins)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hugo
1254-1345
 
Donnamira Took
 
 
 
Uffo
1257
 
Sapphira Brockhouse
 
Rollo
1260
 
Druda Burrows
 
Primrose
1265
 
Blanco Bracegirdle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jago
1294-1386
 
Jessamine
1297
 
Herugar Bolger
 
Gruffo
1300-1399
 
Gerda
1304-1404
 
Adalbert Bolger
 
 
 
 
(Bruno Bracegirdle)
1313-1410
 
 
 
(Lobelia)
1318-1420
 
(Otho Sackville-Baggins)
 
(BILBO BAGGINS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vigo
1337-1430
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Griffo
1344
 
Daisy Baggins
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Hugo Bracegirdle)
1350
 
(Hilda Bracegirdle)
1354
 
(Seredic Brandybuck)
 
(Lotho Sackville-Baggins)
 
 
 
 
 
(FRODO BAGGINS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Folco
1378
 
 
 
(Fredegar Bolger)
 
 
 
 
 
Tosto
1388
 
 
 
 
 
various descendants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Family Tree Notes

  1. Reputed to have 'gone to sea' in 1195
  2. Removed to Bree in 1210
  3. Sister of Laura Grubb, who married Mungo Baggins

Etymology

The name Boffin is a rendition into English of Westron Bophîn, of unknown meaning.[3] An early idea by Tolkien was to translate it "Loffin", as Bophîn (at that time) had a connection to "Laugh".

In other stories

In the illustrated short story Mr. Bliss, the local police officer is a Sergeant Boffin who - at the behest of Gaffer Gamgee - seeks to lock up Mr Bliss as a thief for failing to pay for his car. Sergeant Boffin also has a son named Sam.[4]

References