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Hi Ceri
I have a James Maddox (spelling was sometimes Maddocks, sometimes Maddox!), son of John and Margaret (nee David) born in 1781 (died 1868, possibly). I don't have anything further for him in terms of marriage or children. However, your hint about the 1841 census will help me there. He was born in Llanarthney. Thanks for contacting. I'll see if I can link your James with this one.

Hallo again
Yes, I've seen the 1841 census for Dyllgoedganol and that will be our James. It would quite interesting as a side issue to find out about the pauper Margaret Lodwick. A Margaret Lodwick of the same birth year was buried in Brongwyn, Ceredigion a few years later.
I don't know anything at the moment about Dyllgoedganol but will consult my cousin who is a fount of knowledge and see if he knows something. He, like us, is very frustrated by the Maddox family prior to 1724.
Something he came up with this week was the use of the patronymic in Wales and I've since found that Rachel Maddox was baptised as Rachel James (her father being James Maddox). I've tried looking up births for just "James", in the hope that a father called Maddox/Maddocks/Madock etc. might come up but failed so far. Its quite possible that James was baptised as James John, for example, but not having his father's first name is a huge stumbling block.
I've trawled through any number of Maddocks in Carmarthenshire and found different branches who may or may not have links to me. I've found the following who might have some link, being in Llanelli:
Jacobus Maddock (buried 28 Aug 1719 St Elli)
Johannes Maddocks (buried 10 July 1723 St Elli)
Griffith Maddock (Born 1680 and buried 18 November 1750 St Elli)
That last one seems like a possibility if we could only find out more.

Hi
It doesn't necessarily follow that the oldest son is left the farm. For example, my grandparents left their farm to the 2nd youngest son who was 13 years younger than the oldest son.
I expect that in the case of the Maddox family, John and James had married and moved on and Thomas had stayed to work on the farm. Of course, in those days, the girls in between didn't signify, however much work they did on the farm.
I have John Maddox (from the LDS Family Search listing) as being buried on 28 Oct 1834 at 81 years. Thomas Maddox (for whom I have the burial record) was buried on 21 Feb 1851 at 88 years of age.

Hallo again
The Margaret John you have was married to James Maddocks, the son of the James Maddocks in question. I have all their children on my ancestry tree.
To be honest, its so long since I first did this part of the tree that I don't remember how I got Martha Lodowick but I know that there is a connection as Edith Lodwick contacted my mother for photographs for her book and my mother's family have been connected with the modern Lodwick family. It seems however that we are not connected by blood.
It has been very frustrating trying to go back further. I think I would need the help of a professional to do so. I haven't been in a position to go to graveyards either, which might help.

Hallo
I'm sorry I've taken so long to get back to you but I've been in Wales (stuck an extra day due to snow) and opening the message on my tiny phone is impossible. Now that I'm back to my PC, I can answer messages properly.
Actually, that's a lovely thing to have. That James Maddocks is a different one though! So many people with the same names. Ray (actually Rachel) Phoebe Maddocks was my grandmother's cousin and she was very close to my mother; I have lovely photos of her. I also have a photo of the whole Beili Glas family.
I used to subscribe to the Carmarthen List but I just got a bit fed up with hundreds of messages appearing in my inbox every week.
I'd like to add that to my Ancestry tree, to the Beili Glas Maddocks family entry.
Many thanks again.