Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in the town of Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland), daughter of Bastian Ruckle and Margaret Embury. Bastian Ruckle is the son of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. She got married Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. The couple had seven children of which 4 survived infancy.

The person who is the subject of the biography typically someone who played significant roles in a number of circumstances that had lasting effects on society or had innovative ideas or proposals which are documented in some method. Barbara Heck did not leave writings or letters. The evidence of the day she married was a secondary issue. There is no evidence of primary sources through which one could reconstruct her motivations or her actions throughout most of her existence. Nevertheless she has become an heroic figure in the early history of Methodism in North America. It is a case where the purpose of the biography is to dispel the legend or myth and, if it can be achieved, identify the person that was inscribed.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar and writer in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman from her native New World who is credited for the development of Methodism throughout all of the United States, has undoubtedly risen to first place in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. The reason for this is that the history of Barbara Heck has to be predominantly based upon her contribution to the cause to which her life's work remains forever connected. Barbara Heck had a fortuitous role in the establishment of Methodism in the United States of America and Canada. Her fame stems from the fundamental nature of any organization or group must emphasize the cause of their movement in order strengthen the sense of tradition.