This volume contains the earliest extant records for the town of Natick and of the First Church. They begin in 1721, the year in which a second meetinghouse was built and in which Rev. Oliver Peabody began his 30 year tenure. It includes lists of members, baptisms, deaths, church meetings minutes, and a copy of the church covenant. This volume of records includes a list of “those Indians that have Dyed from among us,” which can be used as an index to track the activities of Native Americans in the church, many of whom had anglicized names. Stewardship of the records passed to Rev. Stephen Badger in 1752, after Rev. Peabody's death.