According to the shrine's biography and family records at Hikawa-jinja Shrine, descendants of Takeshiba called themselves Noyoto and the child of Takeshiba's daughter (the child of Musashi no suke, Masayoshi SUGAWARA) took over the right to conduct religious services forHikawa-jinja Shrine.
氷川神社の社伝、系図によれば、武芝の子孫は野与氏を称し、氷川神社の祭祀は武芝の娘の子（武蔵介菅原正好の子という）が受け継いだ。