There was no blood relationship between this Honda clan and Tadakatsu HONDA, who is known as one of Tokugawa-shitenno (four generals serving Ieyasu TOKUGAWA), or Masanobu HONDA, a close aide of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
ちなみにこの本多氏は、徳川四天王で有名な本多忠勝や徳川家康側近の本多正信らとは何の血縁関係もない。