ing ▁links ▁to ▁Balt ic ▁ports ▁in ▁Poland ▁and ▁Lith u ania . ▁It ▁is ▁possible , ▁therefore , ▁that ▁Jews ▁may ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁Scotland ▁to ▁do ▁business ▁with ▁their ▁Scottish ▁counter parts , ▁although ▁no ▁direct ▁evidence ▁of ▁this ▁exists . ▁ ▁The ▁late - 1 8 th - century ▁author ▁Henry ▁Mack en zie ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁high ▁inc idence ▁of ▁bib lic al ▁place ▁names ▁around ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁M orn ings ide ▁near ▁Edinburgh ▁might ▁indicate ▁that ▁Jews ▁had ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁This ▁belief ▁has , ▁however , ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁incorrect , ▁with ▁the ▁names ▁origin ating ▁instead ▁from ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁farm ▁named ▁" E gypt " ▁mentioned ▁in ▁historical ▁documents ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁and ▁believed ▁to ▁indicate ▁a ▁Roman i ▁presence . ▁▁ 1 7 th – 1 9 th ▁centuries ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁recorded ▁Jew ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁was ▁one ▁David ▁Brown ▁who ▁made ▁a ▁successful ▁application ▁to ▁res ide ▁and ▁trade ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 1 . ▁ ▁Most ▁Jewish ▁imm igration ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁occurred ▁post - indust rial isation , ▁and ▁post - 1 7 0 7 , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁Jews ▁in ▁Scotland ▁were ▁subject ▁to ▁various ▁anti - J ew ish ▁laws ▁that ▁applied ▁to ▁Britain ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁Oliver ▁C rom well ▁read m itted ▁Jews ▁to ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁of ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 6 , ▁and