Barbara Heck

BARBARA HICK (Baby) RUCKLE was born 1734 in Ballingrane, Ireland. She was the daughter of Margaret Embury and Bastian RUCKLE. 1734 Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland), 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 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The person who is the subject of the biographical piece is typically someone who played a key role in significant historical events, or who has developed unique ideas or proposals that have been captured in writing. Barbara Heck however left no messages or documents, in fact the evidence for such matters as the date of her wedding is not the only evidence. There aren't any primary sources, from which one can reconstruct her motives and her conduct throughout the course of her time. But she's become a iconic figure within the first history of Methodism in North America. The biographer is required to establish the myth, define it and identify the character who appears in the tale.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar and writer in 1866. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably an early woman in the history of New World ecclesiastical women, thanks to the progress that was made through Methodism. Her record will be largely due to the setting of her precious name based on the story of the cause that her memory will be forever associated more so than from her personal lives. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism throughout The United States and Canada and her fame lies in the natural tendency of an extremely popular movement or organization to celebrate its early days to strengthen its sense of heritage and be a part of its history.