Chasing the McNeals

My Grandmother's name was Dora McNeal.  She was born in Boyd County Kentucky to her father, John Hackworth McNeal and mother, Martha Ellen Barney. 

This picture shows her and her four sisters.  They had no brothers from what we know. 

John Hackworth McNeal was the son of Thomas McNeal and Ellen McGary. Thomas and Ellen had many children, 11 that we know of. Both Thomas and Ellen were born in Pennsylvania and had moved to Kentucky. 

Thomas's parents were Matthew and Margaret McNeal.  This is where stuff gets fuzzy.  Matthew McNeal was not an uncommon name in Pennsylvania, and I have yet to determine in Margaret's maiden name was McNeal, or maybe something else.  

What I do suspect, is that the McNeal and MacGeary (McGary) family were nearby each other in late 1700 Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. I don't yet know for sure, but I believe that Matthew might have been born in Washington County, Pennsylvania and that his father's name might have been Archibald MacNeal.  

Matthew and Margaret had 10 children that we know of. 

Do you know anything about the McNeals of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania? 

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