Barbara Heck

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

The typical biography includes a subject who played an active role in the organization of significant events, or made unique statements or suggestions that were documented. Barbara Heck left neither letters nor declarations. In fact, the sole evidence regarding the date of the marriage from second-hand sources. It's difficult to discern the motivations behind Barbara Heck's actions throughout her life from primary sources. But she's become a hero in the early period of Methodism in North America. Here, the biographer's role is to provide an account of and explanation for the story and describe if possible the real individual who is hidden in the myth.

A report by the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck is now unquestionably the first woman in the history of New World ecclesiastical women, due to the advances that was made through Methodism. Her record is primarily due to the setting of her precious name made from the past of the famous reason for which her name will be forever linked more in the story of her own lives. Barbara Heck, who was not in the least involved in the beginning of Methodism both in the United States and Canada, is a woman known for her fame due to the tendency for a successful organisation or movement to praise its origins to reinforce the sense of continuity and tradition.