David Warriner (Wilbraham)

David Warriner (May 13, 1742 – January 4, 1783) 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 in 1742 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He was descended from William Warriner, a founder of Springfield, MassachusettsThey lived on a farm in Wilbraham, which was to later become the Wesleyan Academy, and is now Wilbraham and Monson Academy. With William Rice, David Warriner maintained a tavern, which became the original boarding house of the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy, opened November 8, 1825. rdf:langString