Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in 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) married Paul Heck (1760 in Ireland). They had seven children, of which four were born in childhood.

A biography typically includes an individual who was a prominent participant of important events or made unique statements or ideas that were recorded. Barbara Heck, on the contrary, did not leave notes or written documents. Evidence of such details as the date she got married marriage, is only secondary. The documents which were used by Heck to describe her motivations and actions have been lost. It is still an crucial figure in the early days of Methodism. The biographer's task is to define and account for the myth and, if it is possible, to identify the person who is enshrined within it.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian recorded the event in 1866. Barbara Heck's modest name has now been firmly placed top of the listing of women who been a major contributor to the ecclesiastical world within New World history. This is because of the rise of Methodism in America. United States. Her accomplishments are based more on the weight of the cause she has been involved in than on her personal lives. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in both the United States and Canada and her fame rests on the natural tendency of a highly effective organization or group to glorify its beginnings so that it can strengthen its sense of tradition and continuity with its past.