Barbara Heck

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

Normally the subject of a biography has been significant participants in major events or has enunciated distinctive concepts or ideas that have been documented in written format. Barbara Heck however left no letters or statements indeed any evidence of such as the date of her wedding is not the only evidence. It is not possible to find a primary source that can be used to reconstruct Barbara Heck's motives or activities in her entire life. The woman is regarded as a hero in the history of Methodism. The biographer has to define the myth and explain its meaning, and also describe the person that appears in the tale.

It was the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. The development of Methodism in the United States has now indisputably made the modest names of Barbara Heck first on the list of women who have been included in the church's history in the New World. Her reputation is more based on the significance of the cause that she was connected to than the personal circumstances. Barbara Heck's contribution to the beginning of Methodism was an incredibly fortunate coincidence. Her popularity is due her involvement in the beginning of Methodism because it has become a natural habit to have extremely successful groups or organizations to praise their historical roots in order to preserve ties with the past.