Barbara Heck

RUCKLE BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle the son of Margaret Embury and Bastian Ruckle was born in Ballingrane in 1734. She got married Paul Heck 1760 in Ireland. They had seven children of which 4 survived into childhood.

The person who is the subject of the biographical piece is typically a person who has played the leading role in important historical moments, or developed unique ideas or proposals that have been captured in writing. Barbara Heck however left no notes or letters, and there is no evidence to support such claims given the time of her marriage is merely secondary. It is not possible to find a primary source that could be utilized to determine Barbara Heck's motives or activities through the majority of her time. Nevertheless she has become an iconic figure within the first historical background of Methodism in North America. For this particular case, the biographer's role is to delineate and explain the legend and if possible to describe the person who is enshrined within it.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian in 1866, wrote about this. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably the first woman in the historical record of New World ecclesiastical women, as a result of the changes that was made through Methodism. The reason for this is that it's more upon the importance of the cause she has been connected to than the personal circumstances. Barbara Heck, who was unintentionally involved in the formation of Methodism both in the United States and Canada she is one of those women who's fame is due to the belief that any successful organization or movement would be able to celebrate their roots to enhance their sense of tradition and continuity.