Barbara Heck

BARBARA (Heck), Born 1734 in Ballingrane which is located in the Republic of Ireland. She was the child of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margery Embury. Bastian Ruckle and Margaret Embury had a daughter, Barbara (Heck) born in 1734. She married in 1760 Paul Heck and together they had seven kids. Four of them lived to adulthood.

The typical biography includes the person who played an active role in the organization of important events or made unique statements or comments that were recorded. Barbara Heck has left no correspondence or documents. Her date of marriage as an example is unsupported by evidence. No primary source exists that could be used to trace Barbara Heck's motives and actions during most of her life. Despite this, she became a legendary figure during the early days of Methodism. This is an example where the job of a biography is to expose the legend or myth and if it is able to be accomplished, to describe the person that was immortalized.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar who wrote in 1866. The growth of Methodism in the United States has now indisputably put the Barbara Heck's name Barbara Heck first on the listing of women who have been included in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. Her record is based more on the significance of the cause she was involved in than on her personal life. Barbara Heck played a lucky role in the birth of Methodism, both in the United States and Canada. Her name is well-known for her way in which successful movements and institutions tend to celebrate their beginnings.