The clan was picked by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA through the Battle of Sekigahara, and given the entire area of Shichimi County to become a Hatamoto with kotaiyoriai-omoteoreishu status.
関ヶ原の戦いによって徳川家康に取り立てられ、七味郡全域を与えられて交代寄合表御礼衆の旗本となった。