Barbara Heck

RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck) b. Bastian Ruckle as well as Margaret Embury had a daughter called Barbara (Heck) born 1734. She married in 1760 Paul Heck and together they raised seven kids. Four of them survived until adulthood.

In most cases, the subject has participated in important events and has had unique thoughts or opinions which were recorded in writing. Barbara Heck however left no notes or letters, and any evidence of such as when she got married is merely secondary. It's difficult to discern the motivations behind Barbara Heck and her behavior throughout her entire life from the primary sources. Despite this, she was a cult figure during the early days of Methodism. The job of a biographer is to explain and account for the story and describe if possible the real person hidden within the myth.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar who wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably the first woman in the historical record of New World ecclesiastical women, thanks to the progress that was made through Methodism. It is due to the fact that the story of Barbara Heck has to be primarily based on her contribution to the great cause, with which her legacy will forever be linked. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism throughout both the United States and Canada and her fame rests on the natural tendency of a highly effective organization or group to celebrate its origins for the purpose of enhancing the sense of tradition as well as continuity with its past.