[1][2][3] For over a century, from 1847 until the 1952, members of the family served as Chinese officers, producing a total of nine office-holders, including Lie Tjoe Hong, the third Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia (present-day Jakarta).

[4][6][5] The family line in Indonesia goes back to a Chinese-born, or Totok migrant, Lie Kong, who probably settled in Batavia in the second half of the 18th century.

[2][7][3] Lie Pek Hoat became the family's first substantive officer on his appointment in 1863 as Luitenant der Chinezen of Lontar Tanara, an outlying district in Banten, where the family's landholdings were concentrated; in 1866, he was promoted to the post of Kapitein der Chinezen of Serang, capital of Banten.

[2][7] His younger brother, Lie Pek Tat, had earlier been appointed, in 1859, to the Wees- en Boedelkamer [the Orphans and Estate Chamber] as a Boedelmeester, or a state trustee for insolvent and intestate estates, initially with the honorary title of Luitenant-titulair, then from February 1, 1885, with the title of Kapitein-titulair.

1827), son of Lie Pek Tjiat, was raised to the Chinese Officership, as a Luitenant-titulair, on the same year as the Majoor in 1866, then preceded the latter with his appointment in 1868 to the Kong Koan as a substantive Luitenant, serving in office until 1879.

1862, son of Kapitein Lie Pek Hoat of Serang) served as Luitenant der Chinezen of Buitenzorg.