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 whom four survived infancy d. 17 Aug. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The majority of times subjects have participated in significant events, and expressed unique thoughts or ideas which were recorded on paper. Barbara Heck did not leave writings or letters. In fact, the evidence for the day she married was a secondary issue. It is impossible to reconstruct the motivations behind Barbara Heck's behavior through her whole life, based on original sources. However, she has become a heroic figure in early North American Methodism theology. Biographers must establish the mythology, define the meaning and then describe the person whom is honored within.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman who was from in the New World who is credited for the development of Methodism throughout in the United States, has undoubtedly risen to first place in the history of the church in the New World. To comprehend the importance of her name it is essential to examine the lengthy history of the movement that she is and will continue to be a part of. Barbara Heck, who was without intention a part of the founding of Methodism both in the United States and Canada, is a woman who is famous because of the tendency for a successful organization or movement to celebrate its origins to reinforce the sense of continuity and tradition.