Barbara Heck

RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle was married to Margaret Embury in Ballingrane, Republic of Ireland. The couple had seven kids from which just four survived until adulthood.

The person who is the subject of the biography usually someone who played significant roles in a number of circumstances that had a lasting impact on society or has made innovative ideas or proposals which are subsequently documented in some manner. Barbara Heck however left no letters or statements indeed there is no evidence to support such claims in relation to the day of her wedding is not the most important. There is no primary source that could be used to trace Barbara Heck's motives, or her actions during most of her life. But she is a heroic figure in early North American Methodism theology. In this instance the biographer's mission is to determine and justify the myth and, if feasible, describe the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens, Methodist historian of 1866. Barbara Heck's humble name is now indisputablely top of the listing of women who contributed significantly to ecclesiastical life within New World history. This was due to the growth of Methodism in the United States. The magnitude of her record will be largely due to the naming of her important name, derived from the history of the great causes with which her legacy remains forever etched through the events of her own lives. Barbara Heck, who was without intention a part of the founding of Methodism both in America and Canada She is one of those women known for her fame due to the tendency for a successful organization or movement to celebrate its origins to reinforce its sense of permanence and continuity.