Barbara Heck

BARBARA Ruckle (Heck). 1734, in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) She was the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven kids of whom four survived infancy d. 17 August. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

Most of the time it is the case that the person has been involved in significant events, and expressed unique thoughts or ideas that are recorded in writing. Barbara Heck, on the other hand, left no writings or statements. Evidence of such details as the date she got married marriage, is only secondary. There are no surviving primary sources through which one can reconstruct her motives and her conduct throughout the course of her life. It is still an significant figure at the start of Methodism. The biographer's mission is to determine the myth and explain it and if possible to describe the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian wrote about this event in 1866. The progress of Methodism within the United States has now indisputably put the name of Barbara Heck first on the list of women who have a place in the history of the church of the New World. This is because the record of Barbara Heck must be predominantly based upon her contribution to the cause to which her life's work will forever be linked. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism throughout the United States and Canada and her fame is based on the natural characteristic of a very successful movement or institution to celebrate its origins in order to strengthen its traditionalism and continuity with its past.