Mary Fields: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

1.
Mary Fields was born about 1873 in , , Georgia, USA (daughter of Robert Erwin Fields and Vina Adlene Jones).
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Residence: 1880, Cassville, Bartow, Georgia, USA

Generation: 2

Robert Erwin Fields was born on 13 Nov 1816 in , Dale, Alabama, USA; died on 6 May 1894 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried in White, Bartow, Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 1870, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, Cassville, Bartow, Georgia, USA

Robert married Vina Adlene Jones on 28 Aug 1860 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA. Vina (daughter of Joseph Jones and Mildred Milly Echols) was born on 6 Apr 1833 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1899 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried in White, Bartow, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vina Adlene Jones was born on 6 Apr 1833 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA (daughter of Joseph Jones and Mildred Milly Echols); died on 21 Jun 1899 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried in White, Bartow, Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 1850, , Cass, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Cassville, Cass, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1870, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1880, Cassville, Bartow, Georgia, USA

Children:

Joseph S Fields was born about 1861 in , , Georgia, USA.
Augustus C Fields was born about 1864 in , , Georgia, USA.
Willian Fields was born about 1865 in , , Georgia, USA.
Sarah L Fields was born about 1867 in , , Georgia, USA.
Vinty A Fields was born about 1868 in , , Georgia, USA.
Pitman Y Fields was born in Jan 1870 in , , Georgia, USA.
1. Mary Fields was born about 1873 in , , Georgia, USA.
Thomas Fields was born about 1875 in , , Georgia, USA.

Generation: 3

Joseph Jones was born about 1791 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1862 in , , Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 1830, , Rabun, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1840, , Cass, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1850, , Cass, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Cassville, Cass, Georgia, USA
Probate: 14 Aug 1862, , Bartow, Georgia, USA

Joseph married Mildred Milly Echols on 1 Mar 1827 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA. Mildred (daughter of Darius Jasper Echols and Tabitha Whitworth) was born in 1805 in , , Georgia, USA; died in Feb 1860 in , Walton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mildred Milly Echols was born in 1805 in , , Georgia, USA (daughter of Darius Jasper Echols and Tabitha Whitworth); died in Feb 1860 in , Walton, Georgia, USA.

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Name: Milly Echols
Birth: 1807
Residence: 1850, , Cass, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Cassville, Cass, Georgia, USA
Death: 1907

Children:

Virent E Jones was born about 1832 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1869 in , , Georgia, USA.
3. Vina Adlene Jones was born on 6 Apr 1833 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1899 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA; was buried in White, Bartow, Georgia, USA.
Sarah A Jones was born on 31 Mar 1836 in , , Georgia, USA; died on 17 Sep 1888 in , Bartow, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 4

14.

Darius Jasper Echols was born in 1779 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA (son of Joshua Echols and Margaret Hannah Brown); died on 1 May 1866 in Clark, Habersham, Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 1800, , Pendleton, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1818, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1830, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1840, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1850, , Habersham, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1860, Clarksville, Habersham, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Hannah Thomas & Darius Jasper Echols
Unconfirmed story about the relationship of Hannah Thomas and Darius Jasper Echols. Apparently Hannah Thomas gave birth to 9 children while unmarried. The father of these children was Darius Jasper Echols, who was married to another woman at the time. After Darius' wife died and the children grown, he married Hannah in 1863. Hannah and Darius were prosectued for fornication and adultery when he was 77 and she was 51. They refused to stop living together. There apparently is a court order confirming the children born to Hannah are illegitimate.

Darius Echols (1779-1866) paternity established with DNA.

Darius Echols, b. 1779 in Halifax Co., VA, d. 1 May, 1866 in Habersham Co., GA had 14 children with his wife Tabitha Whitworth. There has been strong circumstantial evidence that he fathered nine children with Hannah Thomas and several children with Obedience Gazaway. We now have the DNA proof to establish that Darius was in fact the father of the children of Hannah Thomas and Obedience Gazaway.

In 1817, James Perry Gazaway was born as a result of a liaison between Echols and Obedience. This child later changed his legal name to Echols in 1854 and all of his male descendants bear the name of Echols.

In 1821-1822, Darius Echols began a relationship with Hannah Thomas that was to continue for over 40 years and produce 9 children, beginning with James Wyly Thomas in 1822. The circumstantial evidence pointing to his paternity includes the following:

1) Echols was appointed guardian of Hannah's first three children who were listed as "illegitimates;"
2) Two of the children, Elizabeth and Thomas, changed their last names to Echols, and a third, Newton, used it on occasion, and gave the Echols name to his own second (illegitimate) family;
3) Both Darius and Hannah were indicted and convicted of fornication and adultery with each other in 1852;
4) They lived next door to each other, and were living together in 1860 after Darius' wife, Tabitha, had moved out to live with her son in another county;
5) In 1863, after Tabitha's death, they married;
6) One of Hannah's son's descendants has passed the story down through the family that they are not "Thomases", but rather, they are "Echolses" and are descended from Darius Echols.

In 2014, a descendant in the male line from one of Hannah Thomas' sons, Darius Jasper Thomas, took the Family Tree Maker DNA test and matched on 66 out of 67 markers with a descendant of James Perry Gazaway Echols, son of Obedience Gazaway. They also match with a descendant of Joshua Echols, who was in Darius Echols' line, and they match with eight other Echols men who are in this Echols line which appear to descend from the immigrant John Echols and Mary Cave.

In 2015, two descendants of Newton Cleveland Thomas took the Ancestry.com DNA test and match with several descendants of Joshua Echols, father of Darious Echols, and with his children from his first wife Tabitha Whitworth.

In addition, Darius Echols and all his male line are in the Haplogroup I1, which is a rare group which originated from one ancestor over 5000 years ago from Denmark. Many British men belong to this group because of the Viking invasions and settlements on the coast.

Darius Echols was sheriff and also Justice of the Peace at different times in Habersham County, Georgia.

In the early 1800's Darius paid the taxes in Franklin County, Georgia for a woman named Elizabeth Wisdom. One son of this Elizabeth Wisdom had his name legally changed to Echols in Forsyth County, Georgia.

Hannah Thomas is said to have been the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier on one land lottery. If so she must have married a much older man. She was born about 1804 and if she married in 1820 she would have been 16 and the revolutionary soldier would have to be about 60. If this marriage did occur the man must have died shortly afterward because she is listed alone on all census and other records.

Hannah was quite a woman. With her headright land and land lottery lands she had quite a lot of acreage. She conducted all her own business and seemed to be a very independent woman. Darius was always close by and they had a long-standing relationship.

Hannah's first three children were James Wyly Thomas born in 1822, Martin Riley Thomas born in 1823 and Clary born in about 1825. In an 1834 court record these children were referred to as illegitimate. In 1834, Darius Echols was named as Guardian of the illegitimates of Hannah Thomas.

Browning Thomas, a great grandson of Hannah Thomas through her son Darius Jasper Thomas, had a much older half brother who was born in 1896. During a visit in 1987, this older half brother told Browning that they were "really Echols, not Thomases" and that his search for Thomases would prove fruitless. At the time Browning became so angry that he quit researching for several years.

Hannah had drawn land "for minors" in 1827. She also drew land in 1832 as a widow of a revolutionary war soldier. As stated earlier Hannah was quite independent and managed her property and business affairs personally.

No marriage record prior to 1863 has ever been found for Hannah Thomas. Hannah gave birth to Sarah in 1828 followed by Elizabeth in 1830. Elizabeth married E. B. Beard September 13, 1849 in Habersham County, Georgia. They later moved to Jefferson County, Alabama. No death record has been found for Elizabeth but on the death certificate of her son it gives her maiden name as Elizabeth Echols.

These first five children, James Wyly, Martin, Clary, Sarah, and Elizabeth all bought lot number 43 in the 12th district of Habersham County, Georgia from a Fleming Bates for $300. Their guardian was Darius Echols, who signed the deed as Justice of the peace.

Hannah has not been found on the 1830 census. Either she was not interviewed or she was living in another household.

Hannah continued to have children. She had Melissa "Lissy" in 1834, then Darius Jasper in 1835, Newton Cleveland in 1837 and Thomas Benton in 1841.

The 1840 census shows Hannah Thomas as head of household, living next door to Darius Echols. She has two males under 5 years of age (Darius Jasper and Newton Cleveland), two males 15 to 20 (James Wyly and Martin Riley), two females 5 to 10 (Elizabeth and Melissa) and two females 10 to 15 (Clary and Sarah).

Darius Echols and Hannah Thomas were charged with Fornication and Adultery (a married man living with a single woman) on 1 October 1855 and on Diverse other occasions before and after that date. Hannah pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and ordered to remain in jail until the fine was paid. Darius pleaded not guilty and was found guilty in court.

By 1860 Darius and Hannah were still living together and Darius' wife was living with her son in Alabama. By 1863 Darius' wife must have died because Darius and Hannah were finally married.

The last son of Hannah Thomas changed his name from Thomas Benton Thomas to Thomas Benton Echols in later life. It is not known how many of Hannah's children went by Echols. It is known that Elizabeth, born in 1830 and Thomas born about 1845 both went by Echols in later life.

The evidence is overwhelming that Darius was the father of most, if not all of Hannah's children.

Residence:
Tax List 1818

Darius married Tabitha Whitworth on 14 Dec 1799 in , , South Carolina, USA. Tabitha (daughter of Samuel Whitworth and Mary Hubbard Walden) was born in 1781 in Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died in 1864 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tabitha Whitworth was born in 1781 in Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Samuel Whitworth and Mary Hubbard Walden); died in 1864 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 1860, Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA

Children:

Ann J Echols was born in 1804 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA; died on 1 Feb 1905 in , Gordon, Georgia, USA.
7. Mildred Milly Echols was born in 1805 in , , Georgia, USA; died in Feb 1860 in , Walton, Georgia, USA.
Catherine Echols was born in 1810 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died in 1910.
Rhoda Echols was born in 1813 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1914.
Ransome Whitworth "Rance" Echols was born in 1814 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died in 1886 in Searcey, White, Arkansas, USA.
Abel Judge Echols was born in 1815 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died on 15 Oct 1889 in Anchorage, Atascos, Texas, USA.
John Echols was born in 1817 in , , Georgia, USA.
Winston Whitworth Echols was born in 1819 in , , Georgia, USA.
Emily Echols was born in 1820 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died in 1900 in , , Arkansas, USA.
Isaac Newton Echols was born on 4 Jul 1821 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Apr 1899 in , Jefferson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Hueytown, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
Abraham Blair Echols was born on 19 Sep 1823 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Oct 1866 in Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia, USA.
Elijah Clark Echols was born on 13 Mar 1827 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA; died in 1900 in Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Olustee, Jackson, Oklahoma, USA.

Generation: 5

28.

Joshua Echols was born on 2 Apr 1747 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA (son of Abraham Echols and Sarah W Hubbard); died on 18 Aug 1834 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA; was buried in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA.

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Residence: 2 Aug 1790, , Pendleton, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1802, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 6 Aug 1810, , Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
Residence: 1819, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
Residence: 7 Aug 1820, , Morgan, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1830, , Morgan, Georgia, USA

Notes:

(Bk 1 p.16) 12 Aug 1752 - Henry Lansford to Joshua Eckhols for £20 - 323 A. on S. side of Harbor River.
Wit: Jos Eckhols, Thos Callaway, Thomas Farding, Shadrick Tribble.

Residence:
Tax List 1802

Residence:
Tax List 1819

Joshua married Margaret Hannah Brown on 19 Mar 1778 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Manly Brown and Mary Lamkin) was born in 1751 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret Hannah Brown was born in 1751 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA (daughter of Manly Brown and Mary Lamkin); died in 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.

Children:

Richard Brown Echols was born in 1778 in , , Virginia, USA.
John Echols was born in 1778 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA.
14. Darius Jasper Echols was born in 1779 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 1 May 1866 in Clark, Habersham, Georgia, USA.
James H Echols was born in 1785 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1842 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
Joshua Wiley Echols was born in 1786 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died on 25 Oct 1843 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
Elijah V Echols was born in 1789 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died on 26 Jan 1860 in , Case, Georgia, USA.
Joseph Echols was born in 1789 in , , South Carolina, USA.
Abraham Echols was born in 1791 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died in 1865 in , Hamilton, Tennessee, USA.
Elizabeth Echols was born in 1792 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA; died in 1855 in , Paulding, Georgia, USA.
Polly Echols was born in 1796 in , , South Carolina, USA; died in 1896.

30.

Samuel Whitworth was born on 14 Dec 1745 in Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA; died on 1 May 1819 in , Hall, Georgia, USA.

Samuel married Mary Hubbard Walden on 9 Mar 1778 in , Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 22 May 1755 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1820 in , Gwinnett, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Hubbard Walden was born on 22 May 1755 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1820 in , Gwinnett, Georgia, USA.

Children:

15. Tabitha Whitworth was born in 1781 in Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died in 1864 in , Habersham, Georgia, USA.
Candace Whitworth was born in 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

Generation: 6

56.

Abraham Echols was born in 1686 in Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (son of John Echols and Mary Cave); died on 3 Oct 1749 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.

Notes:

ECHOLS Abraham LUNENBURG COUNTY Deed Book 1, Page 489
NAMES: Wife - Sarah Echols
Bequest to wife - chattels and plantation where he lives for her natural life.
Son - Eldest son Isaac Echols to get plantation at death of wife Sarah Echols,
Son - Youngest son Joshua Echols given land next to plantation given to wife.
Son - Joseph Echols land on Stinking Piver.
Daughter - Sarah Echols (one-half of) land on Staunton River against the Long Island.
Daughter - Rebekah Echols (one-half of) land on Staunton River against the Long Island.
Daughter - Elizabeth Echols my entry for land on Stinking River.
Brother - Joseph Echols land and mill on Childreys Creek.
Brother-in-law - Benjamin Hubbard, my wife's WILD brother my land on Bentleys Fork of Childrays Creek.
Brother-in-law - Mentions Edward Hubbard my wife's brother.

Executors: Wife Sarah Echols, Joseph Echols and Richard Echols.
Witnesses: Joseph Collins /s/ Abraham (X) Echols
George (X) Marshbank

Will dated 2 April 1749 Recorded 3 Oct. 1749

"Echols Notes, Vol.1", by Rebecca Echols Terry, 1977. p.63
Lunenberg County - Will Book 1, p.489
WILL OF ABRAHAM ECHOLS - Dated 2 Apr 1749; Prob: 3 Oct 1749
"Being very sick & weak in Body

To Sarah Echols, my wife, all my Household Stuff, ready money --
together with other movables during the Term of her Life. My Plantation &
Houses & Tract of Land on which they stand, I lend to Sarah my sd wife
also during her Life and Give & Bequeath the same to Isaac Echols my
eldest son to him & his heirs forever.
The Land adj. the aforesaid Tract being held by me by Bond I give to
Joshua Echols my youngest son & to his heirs--
My Land on Stinking River I give to Joseph Echols, my son.
My Land on Stanton River against the Long Island --
to my two daus Sarah Echols & Rebekah Echols.
My Land on Childrey's Creek to Joseph Echols, my brother.
Land on same creek at Bentley's Fork to Benjamin Hubbard, my wife's
brother.
Land above that -- to Edward Hubbard, my wife's brother.
Execs: Joseph Echols, Richard Echols & Sarah Echols, my wife.
Wit: Joseph Collins, George Marchbanks.
Signed: Abraham (X) Echols.

VIRGINIA DEEDS, AMELIA CO
(Bk 1, p.247) 20 Nov 1741 - Abraham Eckhols to George Ham for £20 - 400
A. between branches of bent Run & branches of Flat Creek known by name of
Curk Wodding.
(No witnesses) Signed: Abraham Eckhols.
Sarah, wife of Abraham, relinquished her dower.

(Bk 1, p.316) 17 June 1743 - Nicholas Guillentine to his son John
Guillentine, for love & affection, 397 A. on upper side of Flat Creek
called the Great Bent, being part of a Grant, 28 Dec 1736, and adj.
Abraham Eckhols? line. Land to go to John after the death of Nicholas.

(Bk 2, p.45) 15 Jan 1744 - Abraham Echolls of Parish of Raleigh in Amelia
Co. to David Crenshaw of St. Martin?s Parish, Hanover Co. for 5 shillings
- 400 A. on S.. side of Appomatox River, for one year, he paying unto
Abraham Echolls, or his heirs, one grain of Indian Corn, only if the same
should be demanded.
Wit: John (X) White, Catherine (X) Eckhols, Richd Eckhols.

(Bk 2, p.101) 16 Jan 1744 - Abraham Echolls to David Crenshaw for £95 -
400 A. on S. side of Appomatox River, already leased to him for one year.
Wit: (Same as above)
Sarah, wife of sd Abraham Echolls, relinquished her dower..

(Bk 2, p.193) 27 Oct 1746 - Richard Eckhols, Planter, to Samuel Bentley,
Planter, for £40 - 296 A. on Prints (?) Creek adj. Wm Gates, Wm Fuqua,
Joseph Eckhols, and Abraham Eckhols as by Patent granted to Wm Austin and
purchased by Richard Eckhols.
Wit: James Bentley, Robt (X) Hudgins. John (x) Drinkwater.

(Bk 2, p.399) 21 Nov 1746 - Anne & George Marchbanks of Amelia Co. to
Andrew Lester of James City Co. for £125, land beginning at Abram
Eckhols' corner on Appomatox River.
Wit: Richd Eckhols, Samuel Bentley, James Bentley.

LUNENBURG CO.
(Deed Bk 1, p.206 ) 6 July 1747 Lawrence Barker to Abraham Eckholes of
Lunenburg Co. for £35 - 174 A. on S. side of Staunton River. granted to
Barker by Patent.

VIRGINIA LAND RECORDS
GENERAL INDEX TO MAPS AND PLATS - HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Abraham - p.109 - 9 Feb 1747 361 A. on Staunton River.

HALIFAX CO
(Bk 5, p.82) 20 May 1764 John Tribble & wf Rebecca to Joseph Echols, Jr.
for £4 - 190½ A., part of 381 A. granted to Abraham Eckhols, dec?d, 20
Aug 1760 & left by legacy, the whole to be divided as they should agree,
to his two daughters, Sarah, the wf of John Rowden, and Rebecca, the
above said John Tribble?s wife, which is peacibly agreed on that Rebecca
& John have the South end.

Abraham married Sarah W Hubbard about 1730 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Hubbard and Sarah) was born in 1700 in Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1749 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah W Hubbard was born in 1700 in Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (daughter of Benjamin Hubbard and Sarah); died in 1749 in , , Virginia, USA.

Children:

Isaac Echols was born about 1733 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1761 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
Sarah Echols was born in 1735 in , Henry, Virginia, USA; died in 1817 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
Joseph Echols was born on 20 Feb 1735 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Dec 1789 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
Rebecca Echols was born in 1741 in , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died in 1849 in , , Tennessee, USA.
Elizabeth Echols was born in 1743 in , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died in , Saint Clair, Illinois, USA.
28. Joshua Echols was born on 2 Apr 1747 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Aug 1834 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA; was buried in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA.

58.	Manly Brown was born in 1710 in , Northumberland, Virginia, USA. Manly married Mary Lamkin about 1741 in , , Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1718 in , Northumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

59.

Mary Lamkin was born in 1718 in , Northumberland, Virginia, USA.

Children:

James Brown was born in 1741 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Richard Brown was born in 1745 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
29. Margaret Hannah Brown was born in 1751 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.