Barbara Heck

BARBARA RUCKLE (Heck). 1734 in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) She was the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven children of which four lived to adulthood and died. 17 August. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The subject of the investigation has either been an important participant in an important occasion or has made an extraordinary statement or proposal which has been recorded. Barbara Heck however left no letters or statements indeed any evidence of such as when she got married is secondary. There is no primary source that could be used to trace Barbara Heck's motives and behavior throughout her life. She has nevertheless become a heroic figure in early North American Methodism history. In this case, the job of the biographer is to explain and account for the myth as well as identify if there is a real person who lies within it.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar who wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman who was from in the New World who is credited with the advancement of Methodism throughout all of the United States, has undoubtedly been a leader in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. It is more important to consider the magnitude of Barbara Heck's record in relation to her legacy from her groundbreaking cause than to consider the story of her life. Barbara Heck, who was without intention a part of the founding of Methodism both in the United States and Canada, is a woman whose fame stems from the trend for an institution or movement to exalt the roots of its founding to enhance the sense of permanence and continuity.