Luddenden Foot (also spelled Luddendenfoot) is a village within the chapelry of Luddenden, which lies in Halifax parish.

Covers four of the ancestor families of the author who emigrated to Australia. James Miller, son of Richard Miller and Alice Newton, married Ellen Ann Kenyon, daughter of Peter and Jane Kenyon, on 28 February 1842 in Sydney, Australia after their arrival from Warrington, Lancashire, England. They had seven children and the author is descended from the third child, John, born 24 June 1847. Also covers John Foot, born about 1819 in Devonshire, England,...

Includes Sutcliffe, Sutliffe & Sutliff families. Although not all are related most came from the British Isles. Includes Sutcliffe, Sutliffe, Sutliff, Brown, Clark, Dunbar, Foot, Harrison, Hickox, Hubbard, Lemmon, Smith, Warner, Welton, Williams and related families.

John Ryall Foot was born January 6, 1806 in Wincanton, Sommersetshire, England. He married Maria Ann Spencer April 9, 1833 in Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada. She was born February 17, 1813 and died September 6, 1857. They had twelve children.

The primary focus of this book is their service in Canada, 1757-1763. They also served during the Revolutionary War as the 71st and the 84th Regiments. Also documents a group known as the 15th Fraser Fencibles, 1794-1802 and Lovat Scouts, 1899-1945.