Zen monk Shosan SUZUKI, who was a famous author of Kana Zoshi (story book written in kana) in the early Edo period, and his brother Daikan (local governor) Shigenari SUZUKI, who made a great contribution to the reconstruction of Amakusa after the Shimabara War, were from the Norisada Suzuki clan, and both of them served as hatamoto (direct retainers of the Edo bakufu [Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun]).
仮名草子作者としても有名な江戸初期の禅僧鈴木正三と、島原の乱後の天草の復興に大きな功績を残した代官鈴木重成の兄弟はいずれも旗本で、則定鈴木氏の出身である。