On November 12, 1792, a judgement was determined by Judge Benjamin Brown of Wells that favored the plantiff, Boston Wise [Wire]. William Sawyer of Wells claimed that he "never promised in manner and form" and did not owe money to the plaintiff. But Judge Brown stated that "it appears to me the said Justice that the Plaintiff Declaration is well proved." He concluded that "he the said Boston Wise[?] recover against the said William Sawyer the Sum of 9/38/4 Debt or Damage, and Costs of the Suit taxed at one pound eighteen shillings."

The court judgement does not describe how the debt owed by William Sawyer to Boston Wire was incurred.

Note that in a passage on Eleanor 'Nellie' Wire of Arundel, Price and Talbot note that her name was spelled variously Weare, Wyer, Ware, Wire. - Price & Talbot, p. 38

Note that there is an entry is this database for a man named Boston who filed an Intention of Marriage in Wells on August 31, 1754: "Boston, Negro servant to Mr John Littlefield of Wells to Florah, Negro servant to Mr Jedediah Morrill(?) of Berwick." There is also a record for a Boston who was baptized as an adult on February 8th, 1756. It is assumed here that these records from 1754 and 1756 refer to the same individual. The Boston Wire who appeared as a plaintiff in 1792 may possibly be the same individual, but it is assumed here that he is not.

Bibliography:

Trial Justice Court records, justice record of Benjamin Brown, 1788-1792 - Maine, York County, Wells, court records, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S1-PBJP?lang=en&i=15

Maine's Visible Black History - H. H. Price and Gerald E. Talbot (2006)