Barbara Heck

RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle, daughter of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. The couple got married in Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. The couple had 7 children, of whom 4 were born.

The subject of the biography is an active participant in important events or has enunciated distinctive notions or plans that were recorded in a documentary form. Barbara Heck however left no messages or documents, in fact there is no evidence to support such claims as the date of her marriage is merely secondary. There are no surviving primary sources from which one can trace her motivations and her conduct throughout the course of her lifetime. Her name is still considered a hero throughout the history of Methodism. The job of a biographer to describe and explain the story in this case, and also to show the person who was part of it.

It was the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck's name is now indisputablely first in the ecclesiastical histories of New World because of the growing popularity of Methodism. It is much more vital to think about the significance of her accomplishments in relation to the name she was given as opposed to the details of her lives. Barbara Heck, who was fortunate to be involved in the creation of Methodism across America as well as Canada she is one of those women famous for her belief that any successful organization or movement can be celebrated for its origins in order to strengthen their sense of continuity and history.