David Warriner

David Warriner (1742–?) was an early citizen of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, the proprietor of a tavern which later became a part of the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy.

He was born to David Warriner and Mary Sikes on May 13, 1742 in what was then Springfield, now Wilbraham, MA. He was descended from William Warriner, a founder of Springfield, Massachusetts They lived on a farm in Wilbraham, which was to later become the Wesleyan Academy. With William Rice, David Warriner maintained a tavern, which became the original boarding house of the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy, opened November 8, 1825.

He married Joanna Moody of Hadley, Massachusetts. They had seven children, four of whom survived into adulthood. Their youngest daughter, Jerusha Warriner married Springfield merchant and public servant William Rice on September 17, 1809.