Barbara Heck

Ruckle, Barbara (Heck) b. 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 kids of whom four survived infancy d. 17 Aug. 1804 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The subject of the biography is usually a person who has played the leading role in important historical events, or has made unique ideas and proposals which have been recorded in written form. Barbara Heck, on the other hand, never left notes or written documents. There is no evidence to support such matters as the date of her marriage is only secondary. There are no primary sources, from which one could reconstruct her motives or her actions over the span of her time. She is still regarded as heroized in the tradition of Methodism. It's the job for the biographers to define the legend of this instance, and to try to portray the person who was part of the myth.

A report by the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. The advancement of Methodism throughout the United States has now indisputably placed the humble name of Barbara Heck first on the listing of women's names in the religious history of the New World. It is important to look at the extent of Barbara Heck's accomplishments with respect to the title it was conferred upon her than the story of her experiences. Barbara Heck's participation in the founding of Methodism was a synchronicity that happened to be a lucky one. Her fame can be attributed because it's become a natural habit of extremely powerful movements or organisations to celebrate their origins, in order to keep ties to the historical past.