Age of hobbits
 

How old were each of the hobbits when they set out.
Frodo was 50. Sam? Merry? Pippin? How about Fatty?

If youlook at the family trees in the Appendices you will see that:

Fredegar Bolger and Sam were born in SR 1380 so they would have been 38/9 (depending on birthdays)

Peregrin was born 10 years later in 1390 so he was 28/29

Merry was born in 1382 so he was 36/37

According to the family trees in the Appendices to LotR (at the end of Return of the King), Pippin would be 28 by that time, Merry was 36, and Sam and Fatty were both 38.

Haha, cross-posterd with Mith. Now you have a verification :D

And welcome to the Downs!

And Faramir, according to one of the time lines, was the same age as Sam. :D

I personally found it interesting that Fatty was as old as Sam. But now one thing concerning Pippin, at least he was definitely 28 when they set out, for he told Bergil next March that he is "almost 29".

Pippin's age
 

Pippin in The Lord of the Rings is the only one of the four hobbits who has not yet come of age, the hobbit age of majority being 33.

Indeed.