Barbara Heck

BARBARA (Heck), 1734 in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) She was the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven children of who four were born and survived to. 17 Aug. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

In most cases subjects have participated in significant events, and had unique thoughts or opinions which were recorded in writing. Barbara Heck has left no notes or correspondence. Her marriage date as an example is not supported by any evidence. It's impossible to determine the motives of Barbara Heck and her behavior throughout her entire life from primary sources. But she is heroized in the beginning of North American Methodism theology. The biographer has to define the myth, explain the story and identify the individual who is enshrined within.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar and writer in 1866. The development of Methodism within the United States has now indisputably placed the humble name of Barbara Heck first on the list of women in the ecclesiastical history of the New World. Her record is based more on the significance of the cause that she was connected to than the personal lives. Barbara Heck, who was without intention a part of the founding of Methodism as well as in Canada, is a woman known for her fame due to the tendency for a successful institution or movement to exalt its origins to reinforce the sense of continuity and tradition.