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 whom four survived infancy d. 17 Aug. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

Normally the subject of the biography is an active participant in important events or has enunciated distinctive concepts or ideas that are documented in document form. Barbara Heck however left no notes or letters, and any evidence of such since when she got married is merely secondary. It's impossible to determine the motives of Barbara Heck and her behavior through her whole life, based on primary sources. She is still a very significant figure at the start of Methodism. The biographical mission is to determine and account for the myth and, if it is possible, to identify the actual person featured in it.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian in 1866, wrote about this. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably the first woman to be included in the time of New World ecclesiastical women, because of the advancements achieved by Methodism. Her record is based more on the significance of the cause she was involved in than on her personal life. Barbara Heck's involvement with the early days of Methodism was a fortunate coincidence. Her fame is due to her involvement in a popular organization or group will celebrate their roots in order to keep ties with the past and feel rooted in it.