이들은 입신 출사하여 관직을 두루 역임한 후 낙향한 인사들이라는 공통점을 갖고 있으며, 선조 이래로 강릉 지방에 세거해온 재지사족이었다.
They had common ground as those who had been appointed to the military and served in various government posts, and had been living in Gangneung since King Seonjo's reign.