 The first known settlers to the Bahamas were the Lucayan Indians, relatives of the Arawaks who populated the Caribbean around 600 A.D.

Great Stirrup was a pirate hideout while the British settled in Nassau and the larger islands until 1815.This time marks the first documented settlers of Great Stirrup, and many of the structures from this settlement still stand today.Charts of this era show simply "Stirrup's Cay".