Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in the town of Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) and daughter of Bastian Ruckle and Margaret Embury. Bastian Ruckle (Sebastian), as well Margaret Embury, daughter of Bastian Ruckle (Republic of Ireland) got married to Paul Heck (1760 in Ireland). They had seven children, of which four survived childhood.

A biography typically includes a subject who was an important participant of significant events, or who made distinctive statements or ideas that were recorded. Barbara Heck however left no notes or letters, and the evidence for such matters in relation to the day of her wedding is not the most important. In the majority of her adult life, there are no evidence from the primary sources which allow us to reconstruct the motives or actions of her. Her legacy is an significant figure at the start of Methodism. The biographical task is to define the myth and explain it and, if feasible, describe the person who is enshrined within it.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar who wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably one of the pioneer women in the history of New World ecclesiastical women, because of the advancements that was made through Methodism. Her record must chiefly consist of the creation of her most precious name made from the history of the great cause with which her memory will be forever linked more in the story of her life. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in both the United States and Canada and her fame is based in the natural tendency of a highly popular organization or movement to celebrate its origins so that it can strengthen its traditionalism and the continuity of its history.