Editing Samwise Gamgee (section)

=== In the Fourth Age ===

Sam marries [[Rosie Cotton]] and moves into [[Bag End]] with Frodo. The next year they have a daughter, Elanor, the first of their thirteen children. Frodo tells Sam that he (Frodo) and Bilbo will leave [[Middle-earth]], along with Gandalf and most of the remaining High Elves, for the [[Undying Lands]]. Frodo gives Sam the estate of Bag End, and the ''[[Red Book of Westmarch]]'' for Sam to continue, hinting that Sam may also be allowed to travel into the West eventually. Sam returns to meet his family at Bag End, ending the story with the words "Well, I'm back."<ref name="Grey Havens" group=T/>

[[Non-narrative elements in The Lord of the Rings#Chronologies|The Appendices note that]] in the year 1427 of the [[Shire Calendar|Shire Reckoning]], Sam was elected [[Mayor of the Shire]] for the first of seven consecutive seven-year terms.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix B, "The Tale of Years", "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"}}</ref> His descendants took the surname Gardner in his honour.<ref name="gardner" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix C "Family Trees", "The Longfather-Tree of Master Samwise"}}</ref>