Barbara Heck

BARBARA Ruckle (Heck). Bastian Ruckle as well as Margaret Embury had a daughter, Barbara (Heck), born 1734. She married in 1760 Paul Heck and together they had seven children. Four survived until adulthood.

The subject of the biography is a major participant in significant events or has enunciated distinctive thoughts or suggestions that were recorded in a documentary form. Barbara Heck did not leave no written or personal notes. In fact, the evidence for the date of her wedding was not important. There are no surviving original sources that could reconstruct her motivations or her behavior throughout her lifetime. However, she is a hero in the early time of Methodism in North America. The biographical task is to define and justify the myth and if possible to describe the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian of 1866. Barbara Heck's modest name has now been firmly placed first in the listing of women who have contributed significantly to the ecclesiastical world in New World history. This is because of the rise of Methodism within the United States. It is important to look at the enormity of Barbara Heck's record in relation to the legacy she left for her groundbreaking cause than to consider the narrative of her life. Barbara Heck's participation in the beginning of Methodism was an incredibly fortunate coincidence. Her fame is due to her involvement in a effective organization or movement can celebrate their roots in order to maintain ties with the past and to remain rooted.