Barbara Heck

RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle, son of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. She was married to Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. The couple had seven children of which 4 survived infancy.

The subject of a biography has been an active participant in important events or has enunciated distinctive thoughts or suggestions that were recorded in a documentary form. Barbara Heck left neither letters or statements. The most evidence available regarding the date of Barbara Heck's marriage comes from secondary sources. There are no surviving primary sources through which one could reconstruct her motivations or her behavior throughout her existence. She has nevertheless become a heroic figure in early North American Methodism historical. The biographer must define the myth, explain the meaning and then describe the person whom is honored within.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian of 1866. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably one of the pioneer women in the history of New World ecclesiastical women, thanks to the progress made by Methodism. To understand the importance of her name it is important that you take a look at the extensive history of the movement that she is and will continue to be a part of. Barbara Heck had a fortuitous role in the establishment of Methodism in the United States of America and Canada. Her name is built on the inherent nature of any organization or group must emphasize the cause of its movements in order to enhance the feeling of the past.