Also, Suetada served the Kawachi-Genji clan (the Minamoto clan), which had a base in Kawachi Province and came to the fore as an armed group, as an acolyte of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie and his son, MINAMOTO no Yoshitada, who became the Kawachi no kami (the governor of Kawachi Province).
また、武士団として平安時代後期に河内国を本拠に活動した河内源氏に対しても、源義家やその子で河内守となった源義忠などの家人となった。