Barbara Heck

BARBARA HICK (Baby) RUCKLE was born 1734 in Ballingrane, Ireland. She is the daughter of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle. 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 out of which four lived to adulthood and died. 17 August. 1804 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The person who is the subject of the biography usually someone who played the leading role in important historical moments, or developed unique ideas or proposals which have been recorded in writing. Barbara Heck, on the other hand, never left written statements or letters. The evidence of such items as her date of marriage is only secondary. It's not possible to retrace the motives behind Barbara Heck and her behavior throughout her entire life from original sources. Yet she's been a heroic figure in the early period of Methodism in North America. The job of a biographer to describe and define the myth that is being told, and then to attempt to depict the real person in the story.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian who wrote this essay in 1866. Barbara Heck's humble title has become the first name in the ecclesiastical histories of New World because of the growth of Methodism. The importance of her story will be largely due to the choice of her precious Name based on the history of the great cause with that her memory will be forever recognized more than the events of her personal lives. Barbara Heck's role in the founding of Methodism was a fortunate coincidence. Her fame is due in part to the fact it has been a common practice to have extremely successful groups or establishments to give glory to their origins, in order to preserve ties with the past.