John Fenwick (1787-1867) was a lawyer. His elaborate monument was designed by Benjamin Green. John was born in Hexham, the son of a saddler. He was taught navigation and went to sea as a cabin boy aged 14. He left the sea to study law. In 1814 he married Ann Rumney, daughter of the headmaster of Alnwick Grammar School. He was a staunch Baptist and a friend of Richard Grainger. John Fenwick began the movement for a non-conformist cemetery in Newcastle. He was an early member and treasurer of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries.

John (1799-1859) and Edward (1805-1863) Richardson were tanners. The Richardsons were Quakers and were originally farmers, branching out into tanning skins after a poor harvest. The family came to Tyneside in the mid 18th century and the father Isaac, set up a tannery in North Shields. In 1784 the tannery was moved into Newcastle, just outside Pilgrim Gate. In 1790 it moved again to Newgate on the site of the Co-op. John and Edward inherited the tannery and began to mechanise it. A steam engine replaced the windmill for grinding the tan bark. The brothers lived in Summerhill Grove. In 1857 the Northumberland and District Bank, in which they were major shareholders, collapsed. John died of apoplexy two years later. Edward moved to a smaller house and died a few months later after a fire at the Newgate tannery in 1863. A new tannery was opened at Elswick the same year and survived for over 100 years. The two gravestones are buried.

Robert Hood Haggie (1810-1866) was a rope manufacturer. His father David Haggie began a rope works at Gateshead around 1800. Robert Hood Haggie took over a ropery at Willington Quay around 1840. It became the largest in England, employing over 1500 people. Robert lived in Summerhill Square in Newcastle. His gravestone now lies flat.

Eneas Mackenzie (1777-1832) was a printer, publisher and author. He was born in Aberdeen and moved to Newcastle when he was around 3. He was one of the first people to be baptised at the Tuthill Stairs Baptist Chapel. He set up a printing and publishing business (Mackenzie & Dent) with John Moore Dent, who is also buried in this cemetery. Mackenzie was a social reformer, a radical and promoter of learning for the working class. He formed the Newcastle Mechanics Institute. He is best known for his illustrated history of Northumberland and Newcastle, first published in 1811. He died of cholera. His obelisk monument has toppled over.

Paddy Freeman (1774-1840) was a farmer and miller. Originally from Windmill Hills in Gateshead, he moved to High Heaton in the 1790s. His son worked in a mill in Jesmond Dene. Later members of the Freeman family can be found in Jesmond Old Cemetery. The gravestone has been tipped over.

William Davidson (1832-1854) was killed in the Great Fire of 1854. He was buried under collapsing masonry on Hillgate, Gateshead. He was the son of John Davidson, owner of a steam corn mill. The building next door to the mill exploded and started the fire which killed 53 people, made 800 families homeless and caused £1 million of damage. William was identified by his signet ring. Alexander Dobson, son of architect John Dobson, was also killed in the fire. He is buried in Jesmond Old Cemetery. John Davidson went on build the Phoenix steam corn mill at The Close. Dr Bruce called it 'one of the marvels of modern times'. The double headstone remembers the Davidson and Revely families, related by marriage. Thomas Revely was Mayor of Gateshead (1846-7) and ran the Bluebell Tavern on Bridge Street in Gateshead.

John Bruce (1775-1834) was headmaster of the Percy Street Academy. He was the founder and head of the academy and was the father of Dr John Collingwood Bruce, antiquary and Roman Wall historian. Robert Stephenson was one of his pupils. His grave monument (now gone) was a magnificent classical temple over a recumbent figure of Bruce. It was designed by John Green. The vault beneath it contains at least six other family members.

Elizabeth Angus (1798-1829) was the first burial in this cemetery. She was the wife of Jospeh Angus of Forth Terrace. They were members of the Baptist Angas/Angus family (see HER 13223 and 13224) who worshipped at Tuthill Stairs chapel and were represented on the cemetery committee. Her funeral was conducted by Baptist minister R. Pengilly on 18 October 1829. The grave was dug ten feet deep to deter grave robbers.

Henry Angus (1800-1872) was a coach maker and Baptist Mayor. He was the son of a farmer from Hindley in Northumberland. He was apprentice to his relative, Caleb Angas (see HER 13223) the coach maker and eventually took over the business. He was the first Baptist Mayor of Newcastle and worshipped in the Tuthill Stairs chapel. He stopped Sunday trading in the butcher market. Henry married Hannah Sample, the daughter of a Baptist minister, who is buried with him.

Caleb Angas (1742-1831) was a coach maker and industrialist. He studied coach and carriage manufacture in London. In 1780 he opened a business in the Bigg Market. He imported mahogany and other timber from British Honduras on his own ships. The business became the largest of its kind outside London. His youngest son, George, emigrated to Australia and had a town named after him (Angaston). Caleb Angus also owned a copperas factory in the Lower Ouseburn which made sulphuric acid for the soap and glass industries. His grave monument has a square urn on top of it.