Descendants of the Ota clan include Sukemoto OTA, who became a Roju (the highest ranking government official) of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and Seizaemon OTA, a chief retainer of the Mito clan.
さらに、太田氏の子孫からは江戸幕府老中太田資始や幕末の水戸藩家老太田誠左衛門などが出る。