Dates

Settled Buckland in III 2340 (740 by the Shire-reckoning)

Race

Culture

Originally a Shire-hobbit, he became one of the first Bucklanders

Family

Originally an Oldbuck, but founded the Brandybuck family

Settlements

Pronunciation

Gorhendad is pronounced 'go'rhendad'

Meaning

Gorhendad means 'great-grandfather'¹

Other names

Gorhendad changed his family name from Oldbuck to Brandybuck after settling the lands beyond the Brandywine

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Gorhendad Oldbuck (later Brandybuck)

The founder of Buckland

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Bucca of
the Marish

Gorhendad
Oldbuck

The Brandybuck Family

The founder of Buckland and of the Brandybuck family (after he crossed the river Brandywine from the Shire, he changed his name from Oldbuck).

Notes

1	'Great-grandfather' seems a strange given name, and given that this Hobbit became the ancestor of a great family, it seems more than likely that he was given the name Gorhendad by later generations of Brandybucks to honour has place as the founder of their clan.

See also...

Brandybuck Family, Buckland, Bucklanders, Deepdelver, Eastfarthing of the Shire, Eastmarch of the Shire, Four Farthings, Gormadoc Brandybuck (‘Deepdelver’), Isumbras Took I, Master of Buckland, Oldbuck Family, River Baranduin, Shire-reckoning, Shire-thain, Thain of the Shire, [See the full list...]

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