Barbara Heck (Ruckel), "mother of American Methodism"

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Barbara Heck (Ruckle)

Also Known As: "Ruckle", "Roeckel"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ballingrane, , , Ireland
Death: August 17, 1804 (69-70)
Blue Church, Maitland, Ontario, Canada
Place of Burial: Blue Church Cemetery
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sebastian Bastian Ruckle and Margaret Ruckle (Embury)
Wife of Paul Heck
Mother of Catherine Barbara Heck; Jacobina Elizabeth Heck; Elizabeth Marie Heck; John Heck; Jacob Heck and 4 others
Sister of Catherine Elizabeth Schweitzer; Daniel Ruckle; Margaret Lawrence; John Ruckle; Henry Ruckle and 2 others

Managed by: Martin Edward Adelson
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About Barbara Heck (Ruckel), "mother of American Methodism"

Wikipedia Bio.

Cousin of Philip Embury



While living in New York Barbara Heck had a religious experience and began the first Methodist Church in America. Monument to Barbara Heck 1734-1804 Barbara Heck put her brave soul Against the rugged possibilities of the future And under God brought into Existence American and Canadian Methodism And between these her memory will forever form A Most Hallowed Link

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Barbara Heck (Ruckel), "mother of American Methodism"'s Timeline

1734
1734
Ballingrane, , , Ireland
1753
1753
New York, New York, USA
1760
August 1760
Age 26
Ballingran, Nanatinan Parish, Limerick, IRELAND to New York City, New York, USA
1761
February 11, 1761
New York
1763
1763
New York
1765
1765
New York City, , New York, USA
1767
1767
New York
1769
February 21, 1769
Albany, New York, New York
1771
July 28, 1771
Camden Valley, Albany, New York, USA