Barbara Heck

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

The typical biography includes an individual who played an active role in the organization of important events or who had a unique statement or comments that were recorded. Barbara Heck has left no notes or correspondence. Her date of marriage as an example is not supported by any evidence. The primary documents that were used by Heck to describe her motivations and actions are lost. It is still an important figure for the beginning of Methodism. The biographer's mission is to determine and justify the myth and, if feasible, describe the person who is enshrined within the myth.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian wrote about this event in 1866. Barbara Heck's name has now been firmly placed top of the listing of women who have contributed significantly to ecclesiastical life in New World history. This was because of the rise of Methodism in the United States. To understand the importance of her name it is important that you look at the long history of the movement that she is and will continue to be linked. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in Canada and the United States and Canada and her fame rests on the inherent characteristic of a very effective organization or group to highlight its early days in order to strengthen the sense of tradition as well as connection to its past.