Barbara Heck

BARBARA (Heck), Born 1734 in Ballingrane, Republic of Ireland. The child of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margery Embury. Bastian Ruckle is the son of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. She married Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. They had 7 kids from which four survived into childhood.

The subject of the biography usually an individual who has had significant roles in a number of events that have had a lasting impact on society or has made innovative ideas or proposals which are subsequently documented in some way. Barbara Heck however left no documents or correspondence, so any evidence of such as when she got married is secondary. It is impossible to reconstruct the motivations behind Barbara Heck and her behavior throughout her life from the primary sources. However, she has become heroized in the beginning of North American Methodism history. It's the job of the biographer to describe the legend in this case, and to try to portray the real person who was enshrined in.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian wrote about this event in 1866. Barbara Heck's humble name is now indisputablely top of the listing of women who have been a major contributor to the life of the church in New World history. This was due to the growth of Methodism in and around the United States. It is due to the fact that the story of Barbara Heck has to be mostly based on her contributions to the great cause, with which her legacy is forever linked. Barbara Heck had a fortuitous contribution to the development of Methodism in the United States of America and Canada. Her reputation is built on the inherent tendency that any highly successful organization or group must exaggerate the roots of its movements in order to strengthen the sense of history.