Barbara Heck

BARBARA Ruckle (Heck). Bastian Ruckle as well as Margaret Embury had a daughter called Barbara (Heck), born 1734. In 1760, she got married to Paul Heck and together they had seven children. Four of them lived until adulthood.

A biography typically includes a subject who was an important participant of important events or who had a unique statement or comments that were recorded. Barbara Heck did not leave any letters or written statements. The evidence of the day she married was secondary. No primary source exists that can be used to reconstruct Barbara Heck's motives or actions during most of her life. It is still an important figure for the beginning of Methodism. It's the job of the biographer to explain the legend in this case, and to try to portray the actual person enshrined therein.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian wrote this in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman from in the New World who is credited for the development of Methodism across the United States, has undoubtedly risen to first place in ecclesiastical histories of New World. Her record will be largely due to the creation of her most important name, derived from the past of the famous reason for which her name will be forever linked more from the history of her own lives. Barbara Heck played a lucky part in the founding of Methodism as it was conceived in both the United States and Canada. She is famous for the way that successful movements and institutions often celebrate their founding.