His illegitimate first child, Nagataka, fought valiantly alongside his father with the Eastern Army at the Battle of Sekigahara, was awarded 10,000 koku and made a daimyo of the Nomura-han, and was actually recognized as a branch family by the Shogunate.
庶長子・長孝は関ヶ原の合戦において父とともに東軍として参加して戦功を挙げ、1万石を与えられて大名に取り立てられ（野村藩）、事実上幕府から分家を認められた。