Barbara Heck

BARBARA, (Heck), Born 1734 in Ballingrane, Republic of Ireland. The child of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margery Embury. Bastian Ruckle, 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.

In most cases, the subject has participated at important occasions and shared unique ideas or thoughts which are documented in writing. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. Even the proof of the date of her wedding was not important. The lack of a primary source can be used to reconstruct Barbara Heck's motives and actions during most of her time. In spite of this she was a cult figure at the dawn of Methodism. The biographer must define the myth, explain it and describe the person that is revered in.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar who wrote in 1866. The development of Methodism throughout the United States has now indisputably made the modest Barbara Heck's name Barbara Heck first on the listing of women who have been included in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. It is due to the fact that the story of Barbara Heck is primarily based on her contribution to the great cause, to which her life's work is forever linked. Barbara Heck had a fortuitous contribution to the development of Methodism within The United States of America and Canada. Her fame is based on the natural tendency that any highly successful organization or group must emphasize the cause of its movements in order to increase the sense of history.