Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) the daughter of Bastian and Margaret Embury. 1734 Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) is the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven children, of which four lived to adulthood and died. 17 Aug. 1804 Augusta Township Upper Canada.

In most cases subjects have participated at important occasions and had unique thoughts or opinions which are documented on paper. Barbara Heck has left no notes or correspondence. Her marriage date was, for instance, not supported by any evidence. There is no primary source that can be utilized to determine Barbara Heck's motives, or her actions during most of her life. Nevertheless she has become an heroic figure in the early period of Methodism in North America. In this instance the biographer's job is to identify and account for the myth and, if it is possible, to identify the real person enshrined in it.

Abel Stevens, a Methodist historian in 1866, wrote about this. The development of Methodism in the United States has now indisputably put the name of Barbara Heck first on the listing of women who have been included that have been a part of the ecclesiastical story of the New World. It is due to the fact that the story of Barbara Heck must be primarily based on her contribution to the great cause, and her name will forever be linked. Barbara Heck had a fortuitous part in establishing Methodism within Methodism in the United States of America and Canada. Her reputation is built on the inherent nature of any organization or group must magnify the origins of its movements in order to strengthen the sense of history.