Barbara Heck

BARBARA (Heck), Born 1734 at Ballingrane in the Republic of Ireland. She was the mother of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margery Embury. Bastian Ruckle as well as Margaret Embury had a daughter, Barbara (Heck) born 1734. In 1760, she got married to Paul Heck and together they had seven kids. Four of them lived to adulthood.

In most cases subjects have participated at important occasions and expressed unique thoughts or ideas which are documented in writing. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. The evidence of the date of her wedding was secondary. The primary documents that were used by Heck to explain her motivations and actions were lost. She has nevertheless become a heroic figure in early North American Methodism theology. The biographer must define the mythology, define the meaning and then describe the person whom is honored within.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian in 1866, wrote about this. The development of Methodism in the United States has now indisputably made the modest Barbara Heck's name Barbara Heck first on the women's list who have a place in the history of the church of the New World. To comprehend the significance of her name, it is important that you look at the long background of the Movement that she is and will continue to be a part of. Barbara Heck's involvement with the early days of Methodism was a fortunate coincidence. Her fame is due to her involvement in a popular organization or group will glorify their origins, in order to maintain ties to the past and feel rooted in it.