Barbara Heck

RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck) b. 1734 Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) is the 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 Aug. 1804 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The person who is the subject of the biography usually an individual who has had a key role in circumstances that had a lasting impact on society or had distinctive ideas and plans, which are documented in some manner. Barbara Heck however left no notes or letters, and the evidence for such matters as when she got married is not the most important. No primary source exists that could be used to trace Barbara Heck's motives or behavior throughout her life. However, she is a iconic figure within the first history of Methodism in North America. The biographer must define the mythology, define the meaning and then describe the person whom is honored within.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian of 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman who was from in the New World who is credited with the growth of Methodism across the United States, has undoubtedly been a leader in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. Her accomplishments are based more on the importance of the cause that she has been connected to than the personal life. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in both the United States and Canada and her reputation is built in the natural tendency of a highly successful movement or institution to highlight its early days for the purpose of enhancing the sense of tradition as well as the continuity of its history.