From various sources, especially from the diaries of the apostle Eliot and Danforth, his colleague, some incidents of general or local interest have been gleaned.

1633, Nov. "A great mortality amongst the Indians by the Small Pox, whereof Chickatabut, Sachem of Neponset dyed."

1636. The Roxbury people worked on the fortification at Cornhill.

1636, Oct. 7. The General Court met at Roxbury, having adjourned from Cambridge on account of the smallpox.

1636-7. The Pequod War.

1640. Great scarcity of money. The General Court order that corn pass in payment for new debts.

1643. The five New England colonies confederate for mutual defence.

1645, Dec. The first week in the 10th month. This was the most mortal week that ever Roxbury saw, to have five dy in one week and many more lay sick about town."

1646. “This year, about the end of the 5th month, upon a suddaine, innumerable armys of caterpillars filled the country, devouring the grasse, oats, corn, wheat and barley. They would crosse highways by thousands. Much prayer was made to God about it and fasting in divers places, and the Lord heard and on a suddaine took them all away in all parts of the country, to the wonderment of all men. It was the Lord for it was done suddainely." Danforth says, “they marched thorow our flelds like armed men, and spoyled much corn."

1646-7. “This winter was one of the mildest that ever we had, no snow all winter long, nor sharp weather, but they had long floods at Connecticut which was much spoyle to ye corne in the meadows. We never had a bad day to goe preach to the Indians all this winter praised be the Lord."

1647. “A great sicknesse epidemical did the Lord lay upon us, that the greatest part of the town was sick at once. Few died, but of these were the choycest flowers and most gracious saints." The epidemic prevailed throughout New England, probably from the absence of frost in the previous winter.

1657. A synod held to ascertain who were proper subjects of baptism.

1660, Feb. 1. "About 7 o clock there was an earthquake. At Roxbury the shaking was most discernible."

1661, May 28. “Judah Browne, and Peter Pierson Quakers, tied to a carts tail and whipt through the town with 10 stripes after receiving 20 at Boston, and again 10 stripes at Dedham."

1662, June 10. A synod at Boston. "It pleased God this spring to exercise the country with a severe drought, but some were so rash as to impute it to the sitting of the Synod."

1663, Jan. 26. An earthquake occurred.

1664. "A great and dreadful comet seen in New England."

1667, March 25. “Samuel Ruggles, going up the meeting hill, was struck by lightning, his two oxen and horse killed, a chest in the cart, with goods in it, burnt in sundry places, himself coming off the cart, carried twenty feet from it, yet no abiding hurt."