Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in the town of Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland), daughter of Bastian Ruckle and Margaret Embury. 1734, in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) is the 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 in Augusta Township Upper Canada.

Normally the subject of a biography has been as a key participant in major instances or has presented unique concepts or ideas that were recorded in a documentary format. Barbara Heck has left no correspondence or documents. The date of her marriage, for example, is not supported by any evidence. Through the entirety of her adult life, there are no original sources to can be used to determine the motives or actions of her. However, she is a iconic figure within the first period of Methodism in North America. Here, the biographer's role is to provide an account of and explanation for the legend and identify if there is a real person hidden within it.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian from 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman from in the New World who is credited with the growth of Methodism throughout all of the United States, has undoubtedly made it to the top of the history of the church in the New World. Her accomplishments are based more on the weight of the cause she is involved in than on her personal lives. Barbara Heck, who was not in the least involved in the beginning of Methodism both in the United States and Canada she is one of the women known for her fame due to the tendency of a successful institution or movement to exalt its roots to strengthen its sense of the continuity and history.