Barbara Heck

BARBARA Ruckle (Heck). 1734, in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland), daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven children of who four were born and survived to. 17 August. 1804 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

Normaly, the person who is being profiled was either an active participant in an important event or made a unique statement or proposal which has been recorded. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. In fact, the evidence for the day she married was not important. It is impossible to reconstruct the motivations behind Barbara Heck and her behavior throughout her life from original sources. Despite this, she became a legendary figure in the beginning of Methodism. In this instance the biographer's job is to identify the myth and explain it and, if it is possible, to identify the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian, wrote this article in 1866. Barbara Heck has taken the highest spot on the New World's list of ecclesiastical leaders due to the rise of Methodism. In order to understand the importance of her name it is important that you look at the long time history of the organization with which she will always be associated. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism throughout Canada and the United States and Canada and her fame rests in the natural tendency of a highly successful movement or institution to highlight its early days so that it can strengthen its traditionalism and connection to its past.