Barbara Heck

BARBARA RUCKLE (Heck). 1734 Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) She was the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven children, of who four were born and survived to. 17 Aug. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

A biography typically includes a subject who was a prominent participant of important events or who had a unique statement or comments that were recorded. Barbara Heck has left no correspondence or documents. Her date of marriage, for example, is not supported by any proof. The documents which were utilized by Heck in order to justify her motives and actions were not available. But she is a heroic figure in early North American Methodism historical. Here, the biographer's role is to explain and account for the legend and explain, if it is possible, the actual individual who is hidden in it.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian recorded the event in 1866. Barbara Heck has taken the highest spot on the New World's ecclesiastical lists in the wake of Methodism. It is more important to look at the enormity of Barbara Heck's accomplishments with regard to her legacy from her incredible cause rather than the narrative of her life. Barbara Heck, who was without intention a part of the founding of Methodism both in America and Canada, is a woman known for her fame due to the tendency of a successful organisation or movement to praise its origins to reinforce its belief in continuity and tradition.