[3][4] Esling wrote hymns, such as "Come Unto Me", which were published in the annual The Christian Keepsake (1839).
[6] In 1840, she married Captain George J. Esling, of her native city, who was serving in the Merchant Marine.
She resided in Rio de Janeiro from that date until 1844 after which she returned to Philadelphia.
[3][4][8] In 1883, after her husband's death in Philadelphia, Esling lived with a daughter.
She was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,[8] Esling died April 6, 1897, in Camden.