Hijo de Estado Chico

Does anyone know what "hijo de estado chico" means in a church document? We have in particular a marriage between Francisco Godoy and Maria Rosa Llamas, where it states that Francisco is "hijo de estado chico" de Nicolas Godoy y Brigida Ortiz...

See the document scan at:

http://www.ramosfamily.org/nextgen/showmedia.php?mediaID=124&medialinkID=126