I'd be interested in any findings on this topic too. In the 70s a paternal relative of my husband's claimed to have found that his BACON line was "descended from Sir Isaac Newton". I know this isn't possible and have been very sceptical about it. Our Bacons were in Essex in the C17th but a link with the BALMs in Lincs is a possibility. Strangely there is an Ayscough connection on my husband's TEAT line but the relatives who had done the research in the 70s have no connection with the TEATs. I noticed news reports online that there is a project to look for living relatives of Sir Isaac. Perhaps they have more documentation. Sara