Encyclopedia of Arda: Otto Boffin

Otto Boffin, also called Otto the Fat, was an important member of the Boffin family who lived more than a century before the War of the Ring, probably in the region of the Shire's Eastfarthing known as the Yale¹. The son of Bosco Boffin, he married Lavender Grubb, and was the father of four children: Hugo, Uffo, Rollo and Primrose. Among his better known descendants were Folco Boffin, Lobelia Bracegirdle (better known as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins) and Fredegar Bolger².

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1	We know for sure that the Boffin family seat was in the Yale, but we don't have definite information about which members of the clan remained there, and which - if any - moved away. As an important head of the family, though, it seems safe to assume that Otto would have lived there for at least some of his life.
2	Fredegar's nickname among his friends was 'Fatty', so perhaps some of Otto's famous portliness was passed down to at least one of his descendants.