South Britain is a village in Southbury. At 636 South Britain Road is a house that once served as the village post office. As related in South Britain Sketches and Records (1898) by W.C. Sharpe:
Anson Bray was a blacksmith by trade but kept a hotel in South Britain for many years, and for forty years was postmaster.
He first married Betsey Plant of Rochester, NY. His second wife was Ellen Pierce, of South Britain.
Among the pillars of those days was Anson Bray, from time immemorial the village postmaster. His house, now occupied by Mr-and Mrs. James Adams, was probably more widely known and more frequently visited than any other in the village.
In addition,
Judson Bray, son of Stephen B. and Hannah Bray, removed to Bridgeport, but later returned to South Britain and with his brother Anson started the saddletree business in the old shop just back of Anson Bray’s house, and continued the business there for some years.
The Anson Bray House was built in 1835. It has a recessed wing that was built earlier.