Barbara Heck

RUCKLE BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle is the daughter of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. She married Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. They had 7 children from which four survived into childhood.

Normaly, the subject of the investigation has either been an important part of a major incident or presented a distinctive statement or proposal that has been documented. Barbara Heck did not leave no written or personal notes. The evidence of the date of her wedding was a secondary issue. No primary source exists that can be used to reconstruct Barbara Heck's motives, or her actions during most of her lifetime. She has nevertheless become a heroic figure in early North American Methodism theology. Here, the biographer's role is to explain and account for the myth as well as identify if there is a real individual who is hidden in it.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian published a piece on this incident in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman from her native New World who is credited with the advancement of Methodism throughout in the United States, has undoubtedly made it to the top of the history of the church in the New World. The magnitude of her record will be largely due to the creation of her most precious name made from the history of the great cause with which her memory is forever identified more than through the events of her personal life. Barbara Heck played a lucky role in the birth of Methodism as it was conceived in both the United States and Canada. She is famous for the way that successful organizations and movements are prone to celebrating their origins.