Tobias Lynchwater is the real Catcher Freeman, a great ancestor of Robert Freeman, Huey Freeman, and Riley Freeman. Previously thought to be a fellow slave of a fictionalized "Catcher" Freeman, Tobias grew up as a house slave and his master Colonel George Lynchwater's unclaimed son, before accidentally betraying him. He married Thelma Freeman and moved to Canada. Both Robert and Uncle Ruckus present stories of a glorified (in their own images) Catcher Freeman, while presenting Tobias as a side villain/hero within their stories.