Son of Peregrin Took. Faramir Took was born in the year 9 of the Fourth Age. His mother was Diamond of Long Cleeve. He was named after Faramir of Gondor, whose life Pippin Took had helped save during the War of the Ring.
Faramir Took married Goldilocks Gamgee, the daughter of Sam Gamgee, in the year 42. In the year 63, Pippin Took left the Shire to live in Gondor and he turned over the office of Thain to his son, who became Thain Faramir I.