Barbara Heck

BARBARA RUCKLE (Heck). Bastian Ruckle and 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.

Normaly, the person who is being profiled has either been an important part of a major occasion or has made an extraordinary statement or proposal which has been recorded. Barbara Heck left neither letters and statement. In fact, the only evidence we have regarding the date of Barbara Heck's marriage comes from secondary sources. It's difficult to discern the motivations behind Barbara Heck's behavior through her whole life, based on the primary sources. Despite this, she was a cult figure at the dawn of Methodism. The biographer's mission is to determine and justify the myth and if possible to describe the person who is enshrined within the myth.

Abel Stevens a Methodist Historian published a piece on this incident in 1866. Barbara Heck, a humble woman from in the New World who is credited for the development of Methodism throughout in the United States, has undoubtedly risen to first place in the history of the church in the New World. Her reputation is more based on the significance of the cause that she has been associated with than her private life. Barbara Heck's participation at the start of Methodism was a synchronicity that happened to be a lucky one. Her fame is due to her involvement in a effective organization or movement can glorify their origins, so that they can maintain connections with the past and to feel rooted in it.