When Mary Elizabeth Easterling was born in 1802, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Joel Easterling, was 28 and her mother, Charlotte Deer, was 21. She married William M. Robbins on 5 February 1824, in Marion, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States in 1860. She died in 1862, in San Augustine, Texas, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in San Augustine, Texas, United States.