Aunt Betsey Dorsett Miss Elizabeth Dorsett, the centerarian, died at the residence of the late Ezra Osborn, at Middletown, at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night, May 31, aged 101 years, 11 months and 16 days. She had been confined to her bed about two weeks. Her physicians say that she had no physical ailment, but life gave way from the weight of years. The N.Y. Herald of Monday says: This remarkable woman was born at Bethany, midway between Middletown and Matawan, June 15, 1777. Her memory extended back to the closing years of the Revolution, and she was one of the very few persons living in this age who had seen and had conversed with General Washington. She resided at the place of her birth until 1838, when she removed to Matawan, then known as Middletown Point. For the last twenty years of her life she has had a home at the residence of Mr. Osborn, whose wife was Miss Dorsett's niece. Upon reaching her centennial birthday, it was intended by Miss Dorsett's relatives and friends to celebrate the event, but the precarious health of Mr. Osborn, who was then living, and who has since died, forbade. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jerseyite/News/jan1879.htm