December 3, 1736 - Ebenezer Tuttle, son of Timothy Tuttle & Thankful Doolittle, dies "of Ye Olde Throat Destroyer" at the age of 28 in Wallingford , New Haven, Connecticut . December 20, 1736- Mary Atkins is born to Thomas Atkins & Martha Miller in Middletown , Middlesex, Connecticut . (Ebenezer