B4A,132.
William Minot IV, 2d child of William Minot III and Elizabeth
Vredenburgh (Van Pelt) Minot, was born August 15, 1885, at
Wareham, Mass. He graduated, A.B., from Harvard in 1907 and
spent two years at the Harvard Law School. He married, 1st, June
23, 1908, at Brookline, Mass., Lucy Greenleaf Woodworth,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Grafton Woodworth of
Brookline, Mass. Mr. Woodworth was a wholesale tea merchant.
Mrs. William Minot IV was born March 18, 1888, at Brookline,
and died February 19, 1919, at Boston. Mr. Minot married, 2d,
May 27, 1922, Elizabeth Howard Chapman, daughter of Reuben
and Elizabeth Burgess (Harden) Chapman of Brewster, Mass., born
July 1, 1894, at Brewster. He was admitted to the Massachusetts
Bar in 1909 and began practice in the family office, then headed by
his uncle, Laurence Minot, in Boston. That association continued
until his uncle's death in 1921, when he succeeded to the extensive
practice in trusteeships and management of real estate. He continued
that practice until December 11, 1934, when he formed a
partnership with Moses Williams and Francis R. Bangs, known as
Minot, Williams and Bangs. His practice consisted exclusively in
directing the management of real estate organizations throughout the
country and of properties held for personal investment. Engaging in
other lines of business, he was manager of the Boston Office of
Embrie and Company, was president of the City Land Company,
president of Minot, Kendall & Co., investment bankers, and was
director and officer of numerous other large firms and corporations
and during the first World War was director of building, housing and
town site facilities, in Savannah, Ga. He was a cultivated musician
and fine violinst. He was one of the best intercollegiate mile runners
of his time and captained the Harvard track team. He resided
winters at 142 Marlboro Street, Boston, and summers at Wareham,
Mass. He died March 15, 1937, at Boston. Mrs. Minot resides at
898 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass. Children, by his 1st wife,
Lucy G. Woodworth:
1. Lucy Woodworth, b. December 12, 1909, at Boston, Mass.; d. April 28, 1910.
2. Grace Woodworth, b. November 7, 1911, at Topsfield, Mass. (B4A,132,2)
3. William V., b. September 23, 1914, at Brookline, Mass. (B4A,132,3)