Pocahontas, born about 1595 as Metoaka or Little White Cloud, was later called Pocahontas and then Rebecca. The favorite daughter of Powhatan, she befriended the Jamestown Colony and Captain John Smith, bringing food to starving colonists and saving Smith's life. After Smith returned to England, Capt. Argall kidnapped her. While held captive, she was baptized, married John Rolfe, and lived with him and their son Thomas for two years at Varina Farms in Virginia. They traveled to England to promote the colony, where she appeared before Queen Anne as Lady Rebecca, Indian Princess. As the family sailed back toward America, she became ill and died at Gravesend, England, at age 21. Her marriage helped bring eight years of good relations between natives and colonists, known as the Peace of Pocahontas. Her son Thomas later returned to Virginia, and her descendants included Admiral Richard E. Byrd and First Ladies Edith Wilson and Nancy Reagan. Her name was given to many places across the United States, including Pocahontas County, Iowa, which was named in 1850–51 at the request of Senator John Howell, and the city there later honored her with a large statue called Miss Pocahontas.