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What sort of ethnic and religious background is your character from? Bram is a short form of Abram or Abraham, and there certainly were boys named Abram and Abraham in the late 1700s. For example, Abram Trigg, born in 1750, was a member of the US House of Representatives:

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http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/2100.html

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It therefore wouldn't be at all a stretch to call a character from a Protestant English speaking background in the late 1700s Bram, if it was seen as a pet form for Abram or Abraham.

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I found some online references to Ewan as a given name in that time period, but only from the Isle of Man.