Tom Bombadil

[Orodhromeus]

Really? I can't recall anybody being explicitly stated as being one of the very first elves. One could take a few very good guesses (perhaps Finwe and Cirdan), but to my knowledge they would only be guesses. There is certainly no exhaustive list of all 144 first elves. Also, Cirdan had a beard.
That being said, Tom isn't an elf.

OK, my fault. I knew I'd burn my wings when talking of things I'm not sure of. I confess, I haven't read the Silmarillion. Nevertheless I have read elsewhere of the waking of the elves, and there were explicit names cited there; I'll get back to you when I'll have read that. And I thought the do-elves-have-beards is another longly debated issue right next to the Balrog wings, even though Círdan has a beard. But as you stated, that said Tom wasn't an elf. I admire your straightness nevertheless. *runs to hide towards a Silmarillion copy*