Hi Barbara
Here are some instances of the Wolfenden family I have found in Ireland 1725-1750. One of them may relate to the family you are searching. Unless otherwise stated name in the record was spelled WOLFENDEN. Contact me for citation if any of them interest you.
Frances
1725 -John Woffington, Dublin death
1726 -Abraham born Derryaghy, Antrim, father Robert
1727
1728 -Robert Woffington and Anne Saidwell marriage Dublin
-1728 Hertford Estate Rent Roll:
Surname First Name Farm/land Parish Townland/Street/Other
Wolfenden Jane Lambeg Lambeg
Wolfenden John Fairleys Lambeg Enoch
Wolfenden John Camlin Ballydonaghy
Wolfenden Richard Hulls Lambeg Lambeg
Wolfenden Robert Lambeg Enoch
Wolfenden Robert Mussens Derriaghy Derriaghy
Wolfenden Thomas Hulls Lambeg Lambeg
1729
1730
1731 -Elizabeth Wolfenden, Co Caven marriage
1732 -Rebecca Woffington baptized Dublin, father Thomas, mother Rebecca
1733 -John, Co Kildare death
1734 -John Woffington and Elizabeth Jones Dublin marriage
1735 -John Woffington baptized Dublin; father John, mother Mary
1736 -Ann baptized Derriaghy, Antrim; father John
1737 -Becky Woffington, Dublin death
-Wolfenden family is said to have built the church at Lambeg
-Thomas Wolfenden mentioned as parishioner in Lambeg vestry minutes
1738
1739
1740 -Joseph baptized Belfast; father James, mother Ann Bedale
-Abraham Wolfenden immigrated to Chester Co PA
1741
1742
1743 -Richard (linen draper), Lambeg, Co Down, death
-Margaret Waring wife of Richard W. Lambeg, death
1744 -Elizabeth, Lambeg, death
1745 -John Joyce baptized Dublin; father Martin Joyce, mother Sarah Wolfington
-“John Wolfenden, a bleacher, established Glenburn bleach green about 1745 and originally lived in Rosemount, a house on the Glenurn demesne” near Dunmurray
1746
1747
1748 -John Wolfington baptized Co Cavan
1749 -Samuel, Lambeg, Death – will proved in Connor
1750 -Dorothy, Lambeg, death – will proved in Connor
-Ann Wolfenden, daughter of Jonathan Wolfenden married Simon Dearden (1715-1795), fifth son of James Dearden and Margaret Dixon
-Petition & Memorials. St. John Stewart, Old Forge, John Wolfenden, William Magee, James Adair and J. M. Stewart, Ballydrain, to Earl of Donegal for leases of lands in or near Belfast.