After the seventh head Katsuma had died young, the Sato family had their relatives in Hagi City, Hachibei YOSHIDA's third son Kikusaburo get married to other relatives the Fukuda family's daughter, and adopted the couple as successor.
7代目の嘉津馬夭折の後、佐藤家は萩に住む一族吉田八兵衛の3男菊三郎に別の親戚福田某の娘を嫁に迎え、夫婦養子とする。