Elizabeth Lydia Chastain WAS the wife of Thomas Maxey. According to Edith Maxey's book in which she uses Lydia''s father Rev. Rene Chastain's marriage records as supporting evidence Lydde, or Lydia's first name was Elizabeth. Also Raney Maxey's middle name WAS Chastain. Title: The Maxeys of Virginia Author: Edythe Maxey Clark Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD