Some of the Zaichokanjin who served as Bokugen or Betto (the head secretary of a temple) thrived as Samurai, and the Shigeno clan which is said to have been Bokugen for Shinanomimaki had the Sanada clan in its descendants, who later developed from a small feudal lord to a Kinsei (early modern) Daimyo.
また、牧監や別当を務めた在庁官人の中には武士として成長する者もあり、信濃御牧の牧監とも伝えられる滋野氏末流には信濃小領主から近世大名化した真田氏がいる。