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 William Sayer who inherited "a Negro servant John" from his grandmother Sarah Hill in her 1768 will. The William Sawyer who appeared as a defendant in 1792 may possibly be the same individual, but it is assumed here that he is not. The family names of Sayer and Sawyer were often used interchangably in this period.

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)