Barbara Heck

BARBARA(Heck) born 1734 in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) the daughter of Bastian Russell and Margaret Embury. 1734, in Ballingrane (Republic of Ireland) is the daughter of Bastian (Sebastian) Ruckle and Margaret Embury m. 1760 Paul Heck in Ireland and they had seven kids of which four survived into childhood and died. 17 Aug. 1804 at Augusta Township Upper Canada.

The person who is the subject of the biographies is generally someone who played an important role in major historical events, or who has created unique concepts and ideas which have been recorded in written form. Barbara Heck however left no letters or statements indeed any evidence of such since the date of her marriage is merely secondary. It is impossible to reconstruct the motives of Barbara Hell and her behavior throughout her life from primary sources. She is still regarded as heroized in the tradition of Methodism. Biographers must establish the myth, explain it and describe the person who is portrayed in the narrative.

A report by the Methodist historian Abel Stevens wrote in 1866. Barbara Heck's name is now unquestionably the first one in the ecclesiastical histories of New World because of the expansion of Methodism. Her accomplishments are based more on the importance of the cause that she has been linked to rather than her own personal circumstances. Barbara Heck was involved fortuitously in the genesis of Methodism throughout the United States and Canada and her fame rests on the inherent tendency of the most successful movements or institution to celebrate its origins to enhance its perception of tradition and continuity with the past.