Roxbury is described by William Wood.

[1633-BLC] In his New England Prospect, the Englishman calls Roxbury, “A faire and handsome Countrey-towne; the inhabitants of it being all very rich. It is well wooded and watered, having a clear and fresh brook running through it;. . . Up westward from the towne it is something rocky, whence it hath the name of Roxberry.”