Barbara Heck

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

A biography typically includes an individual who played an active role in the organization of important events or who had a unique statement or suggestions that were documented. Barbara Heck did not leave no written or personal notes. In fact, the evidence for the date of her wedding was not important. No primary source exists that can be utilized to determine Barbara Heck's motives and behavior throughout her lifetime. In spite of this she was a cult figure at the dawn of Methodism. The biographical job is to identify and justify the myth and, if feasible, describe the real person enshrined in the myth.

Abel Stevens was a Methodist scholar, who published his work in 1866. Barbara Heck has taken the top spot in the New World's ecclesiastical list because of the growth of Methodism. It is due to the fact that the story of Barbara Heck must be predominantly based upon her contribution to the greater cause and her name remains forever connected. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously with the beginning of Methodism in Canada and the United States and Canada and her fame rests on the inherent tendency of a highly effective organization or group to highlight its early days in order to strengthen its traditionalism and connection to its past.