Later, the family was going to be abolished due to its lack of an heir, but as a result of earnest efforts by the family of the Okayama domain lord and Tottori clan's lord, its head family, was permitted to exist as a Hatamoto, although its territory was reduced.
のちに無嗣改易となるところを、本家の岡山藩主・鳥取藩主家の奔走によって、減知の上で旗本としての存続が許された。