However, it is quite natural to think that the son of 'Gorozaemon,' who was a vassal of Tadashige MIZUNO, served for Katsunari MIZUNO after the death of Tadashige (1600) and became the senior vassal of the Mizuno family ('Sanbyakuhan Kashin Jinmei Jiten' vol.6, No.111).
しかし水野忠重の家臣であった「五郎左衛門某」の子が、忠重の死後（慶長5・1600年）に水野勝成に仕え、血縁関係にある水野家の重臣をつとめたと考えるのはごく自然なことと思われる（前掲「三百藩家臣人名事典」6巻111項）。