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Even from stories from my grandma who was born in 1903,
I've heard that people, unless there was war or famine, rarely left their village/island/province.
They lived and died mostly in their village.
Thru my own genealogical surveys I've found some
moving besides war and famine, by merchants or fisherman.
In the USA that was always different.
[a "FOR A TIME domicile" in GELDERLAND, which is a heavily
influenced by SPANISH Dutch Province and this is the
commonality shared by all three-lineages]
I don't know what you mean by this exactly,
if you mean that at the
time (1600-1650) it was under spanish influence I have to disappoint you.
The last "spanish" provinces were Belgium's Flanders,
North Brabant and the south of Zeeland. The isle of Tholen
was up till 1648 a fortress and battleground between the
Spanish and Dutch.
As local amatuer-historican I see many evidence of
Spanish attrosities, plundedring, scorched earth policies.
No wonder people left for other places (USA)
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