Sackville

The Sackvilles were a wealthyThe Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition, Letter 25, pg. 41 family of Hobbits in the Shire during the late Third Age.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
While very little is known about the Sackvilles, they were said to be wealthy and lived at Michel DelvingThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Part One: The Prologue and Appendices to The Lord of the Rings, III: "The Family Trees". Sometime after the year 2860 of the late Third Age, Camellia Sackville married Longo Baggins and had a son, Otho Sackville-Baggins, who founded the Sackville-Baggins familyThe Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition, Letter 214, pg. 419-20.
==Etymology==
Sackville is a name in English which Tolkien intended to have more of an "aristocratic association" than Baggins. The elements "sack" and "bag" have very similar meanings.The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings", pg. 762 (entry Sackville-Baggins)
==In other versions==
In The Atlas of Middle-earth, Sackville was a presumed village in the Southfarthing of the Shire. It was roughly ten miles away from the nearest settlement, Longbottom, and twenty miles away from Hardbottle. It is not mentioned in The Lord of the Rings.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, The Shire
==References==
Category:Hobbit families
Category:Sackville-Baggins