Barbara Heck

Ruckle, Barbara (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle (Sebastian) along with Margaret Embury, daughter of Bastian Ruckle (Republic of Ireland) who married Paul Heck (1760) in Ireland. The couple had seven children, of which four were born.

Typically, the person who is being profiled has either been an important participant in an important event or made a unique announcement or proposition which has been recorded. Barbara Heck, on the however, has not left written statements or letters. Evidence of such things as her date of marriage, is merely secondary. It's impossible to determine the motives behind Barbara Heck and her actions throughout her entire life from primary sources. Yet, she's remained a heroic figure in early North American Methodism history. The biographer is required to establish the myth and explain its meaning, and describe the person who is portrayed in the narrative.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian, wrote this article in 1866. The progress of Methodism within the United States has now indisputably made the modest names of Barbara Heck first on the listing of women's names in the history of the church in the New World. It is important to examine the enormity of Barbara Heck's accomplishments with respect to the title it was conferred upon her instead of the narrative that tells her lives. Barbara Heck's involvement in the beginning of Methodism was a fortunate coincidence. Her fame is due in part to the fact it's come to be a standard practice for incredibly successful movements or organizations to praise their historic roots to preserve ties with the old.