Barbara Heck

RUCKLE BARBARA (Heck) b. 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 which four lived to adulthood and died. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township Upper Canada.

Most of the time subjects have participated in important events and has had unique thoughts or opinions that are recorded on paper. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. The evidence of the day she married was secondary. In the majority of her life as an adult, there are no original sources to can be used to determine her intentions and actions. But she's become a heroic figure in the early time of Methodism in North America. The biographical job is to identify and account for the myth and if possible to describe the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian recorded the event in 1866. Barbara Heck's modest name has now been firmly placed top of the list of all women who been a major contributor to ecclesiastical life throughout New World history. This has been due to the growth of Methodism within the United States. The reason for this is that the history of Barbara Heck must be mostly based on her contributions to the cause to which her life's work will forever be linked. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism throughout Canada and the United States and Canada and her reputation is built on the natural nature of an extremely effective organization or group to glorify its beginnings so that it can strengthen its traditionalism and the continuity of its history.